Integrating Technology into My Classroom

I'm a high school science teacher and these are some of the ways I will be using technology in my classroom.

1. Using wikis - wikis can be used to communicate with parents, teach students to collaborate on projects, or develop the skills needed to design their own projects that can be viewed by people other than their classmates and teachers
2. Using blogs - having students reflect upon what they are reading in a blog post gives them access to feedback from outside sources.  These sources are another pair of eyes and may be experts in the subject the students are writing about and can give better feedback than you as a teacher who may not be as knowledgeable about a certain subject.
3. Using a smartboard - helps students stay engaged because it is less boring than a teacher using a regular whiteboard.  It is more interactive and students can watch the teacher use it, students can use it by themselves or with a group of students.
4. Make podcasts - I can make podcasts of my lectures so that students who may have missed class can listen to and not miss what happened in class.  I could also have students make their own podcasts about content that we are learning about in class.  This could be a way to assess what they know about the subject instead of making students take a test on the content.