3 Different Ways of Integrating Technology in My Classroom

Integrating technology into my first grade classroom will be very important because technology lays the path to our future. One way of integrating technology is to have an interactive whiteboard. This whiteboard could be used in many ways. I would have lessons where the students would have to interact with the board. It could used for any subjects. For math, there's a game called Whack-a-Mole Addition. The students would have to come up to the interactive white board and use a hand to whack the mole. Students could also use the whiteboard to write answers to questions or they can drag things into the correct place. It all depends on the subject and what the lesson of the day is.


Another way that technology would be used is by podcasting. I have previously seen other teachers have their students podcast and they loved it! Podcasting not only shows them how to read by reading their scripts, but also allows them to research their topic. Another thing podcasting does is it allows the students to expose their ideas and thinking to others around the world.


The third way of using technology would be blogging. This blogging would not be used by students, but by parents of my students. It allows parents to post any comments or concerns. It would also have updates, such as newsletters and fieldtrips, so parents would be able to see what we are learning in our class.