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Read an article about how to put an interactive whiteboard to best use, or one with tips from a teacher about her favorite ways to use her whiteboard. In many schools, the days of green chalkboards are over. Instructional Tools like Interactive Whiteboards and Student Response Systems You will many more links on our Mobile Learning Resource Roundup page.

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We also have a blog series that maps k-5 iPad apps to Bloom's taxonomy by Diane Darrow. Check out the case study by former Edutopia executive director Milton Chen on using iPods to teach English language learners, or there's a blog by Audrey Watter about texting in the classroom. Read a blog by Ben Johnson on using iPads in the classroom or an article about using cell phones for educational purposes. Check out our downloadable guide, Mobile Devices in the Classroom. Once widely dismissed as distractions, devices like cell phones, mp3 players, and tablet computers are now being used as learning tools in forward-thinking schools. Learning with Mobile and Handheld Devices Guest blogger Terrell Heick wrote about the gamification of education, or go straight for the practical resource and read Andrew Miller's 'Game-Based Learning Units for the Everyday Teacher'. Visit our Video Games for Learning Resource Roundup page to learn more. There has been a lot of buzz about the benefits of incorporating simulations and game-based learning activities into classroom instruction. Or read a recent blog by Brian Greenberg about combining PBL with blended learning. Visit our Schools That Work package about project-based learning in Maine to read about a middle school and high school that are getting excellent results from mixing PBL with a one-to-one laptop program. Many of the most rigorous projects are infused with technology from start to finish. Project-Based Activities Incorporating Technology Blogger Bob Lenz also gives us a snapshot of what blended learning looks like in the classroom. Read a blog by Heather Wolpert-Gawron about blended learning. While K-12 online learning gains traction around the world (visit our Schools That Work package about online learning), many teachers are also exploring blended learning - a combination of both online and face-to-face education. Just a few of these ways are listed below - but new technology tools and ideas emerge daily. It is sometimes difficult to describe how technology can impact learning because the term 'technology integration' is such a broad umbrella that covers so many varied tools and practices there are many ways technology can become an integral part of the learning process.

Training for publishing and presenting their new knowledge.

Learning that is relevant and assessment that is authentic.

Opportunities for expressing understanding via multimedia.

Ways to collaborate with students, teachers, and experts around the world.Access to up-to-date, primary source material.These tools can provide students and teachers with: When effectively integrated into the curriculum, technology tools can extend learning in powerful ways. The technology should become an integral part of how the classroom functions - as accessible as all other classroom tools.' - National Educational Technology Standards for Students, International Society for Technology in Education

'Effective integration of technology is achieved when students are able to select technology tools to help them obtain information in a timely manner, analyze and synthesize the information, and present it professionally. It is an ongoing process and demands continual learning. Technology is continuously, and rapidly, evolving.

Willingness to embrace change is also a major requirement for successful technology integration. Still, there are ways to implement even an interactive whiteboard to make it a tool for your students. For instance, in a classroom with only an interactive whiteboard and one computer, learning is likely to remain teacher-centric, and integration will revolve around teacher needs, not necessarily student needs. But how we define technology integration can also depend on the kinds of technology available, how much access one has to technology, and who is using the technology. Seamless integration is when students are not only using technology daily, but have access to a variety of tools that match the task at hand and provide them the opportunity to build a deeper understanding of content. Before we can discuss how to shift our pedagogy or the role of the teacher in a classroom that is integrating technology, it is important to first define what 'technology integration' actually means.

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