Tech+Integration

Technology Integration Assignment: In the online video, “Academies Raise the Bar at a Comprehensive High School” students are engaged in their curriculum work through relevant and engaging lessons that bring the use of different technologies in the classroom. Within Laguna Creek High School in Elk Grove, CA they offer 3 separate academies where students can connect to their students through authentic learning using technologies such as CAD design programs and PowerPoint presentations. I took particular interest in how the lessons were relevant to the students and how the learning extended beyond the classrooms, giving the content real meaning. The students understood how their school work could be applied. Not surprising, these students were highly motivated and in general tested higher and had better attendance records than students in the general education population. Especially today, Technology Integration in the classroom is essential to facilitate teachers and learning. Students relate to technology because they use it everyday in their lives through their computers, phones, music, vehicles, media, it is all around them. By bringing technology into my classroom and finding creating ways to use it in my lessons I can create a strong and engaging learning environment. Ways that I can include technology in my classroom include: Showing content related online videos (such as the [[http://metrostate.blackboard.com/webct/urw/lc14530799702011.tp16723243206041/Chris%20Venturini%20EDT%203010%202/7/2011%20Technology%20Integration%20Assignment%20%20In%20the%20online%20video,%20%E2%80%9CAcademies%20Raise%20the%20Bar%20at%20a%20Comprehensive%20High%20School%E2%80%9D%20students%20are%20engaged%20in%20their%20curriculum%20work%20through%20relevant%20and%20engaging%20lessons%20that%20bring%20the%20use%20of%20different%20technologies%20in%20the%20classroom.%20Within%20Laguna%20Creek%20High%20School%20in%20Elk%20Grove,%20CA%20they%20offer%203%20separate%20academies%20where%20students%20can%20connect%20to%20their%20students%20through%20authentic%20learning%20using%20technologies%20such%20as%20CAD%20design%20programs%20and%20PowerPoint%20presentations.%20I%20took%20particular%20interest%20in%20how%20the%20lessons%20were%20relevant%20to%20the%20students%20and%20how%20the%20learning%20extended%20beyond%20the%20classrooms,%20giving%20the%20content%20real%20meaning.%20The%20students%20understood%20how%20their%20school%20work%20could%20be%20applied.%20Not%20surprising,%20these%20students%20were%20highly%20motivated%20and%20in%20general%20tested%20higher%20and%20had%20better%20attendance%20records%20than%20students%20in%20the%20general%20education%20population.%20%20%20Especially%20today,%20Technology%20Integration%20in%20the%20classroom%20is%20essential%20to%20facilitate%20teachers%20and%20learning.%20Students%20relate%20to%20technology%20because%20they%20use%20it%20everyday%20in%20their%20lives%20through%20their%20computers,%20phones,%20music,%20vehicles,%20media,%20it%20is%20all%20around%20them.%20By%20bringing%20technology%20into%20my%20classroom%20and%20finding%20creating%20ways%20to%20use%20it%20in%20my%20lessons%20I%20can%20create%20a%20strong%20and%20engaging%20learning%20environment.%20Ways%20that%20I%20can%20include%20technology%20in%20my%20classroom%20include:%20Showing%20content%20related%20online%20videos%20%28such%20as%20the%20Keynes%20vs%20Hayek%20rap%20song%20in%20an%20Economics%20class%20http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0nERTFo-Sk%29,%20supplementary%20assistive%20technology%20such%20as%20optical%20character%20recognition%20can%20be%20useful%20for%20special%20education%20students%20with%20reading%20learning%20disabilities,%20having%20an%20online%20classroom%20website%20where%20I%20can%20update%20students%20with%20worksheets%20or%20other%20classroom%20information.|Keynes vs Hayek youtube video]]), supplementary assistive technology such as optical character recognition can be useful for special education students with reading learning disabilities, having an online classroom website where I can update students with worksheets or other classroom information.


 * Reflection:**
 * I believe that it is essential that Technology be a natural, and daily integration into my classroom lessons. Not only as a tool to help my students learn but also to assist my effectiveness as an educator**