Using Technology for Teaching and Learning in the 21stCentury Classroom

Gayla Cole-Bright

On the road to an innovative future...

Teachers can work to build virtual environments for the students

Technology as a tool Relevant to the student, relevant to learning Cell phones, email, iPods, iPads, etc.

Built in support system with teachers, parents, and students. Cooperative scheduling process More individualized learning Increased parental involvement

Bridging the Gap: Learning and Technology

Triad of Characteristics

21st Century Teaching

21st Century teaching involves embracing the evolution of teaching. This role extends beyond the role of simple instructor to facilitation of the overall learning process. This facilitation is complimented and largely guided with the various innovations of technology.

21st Century Teachers

Just as the 21st Century teaching, classroom, and learners have certain qualities, so does the teacher of the future.

Early adopters Fully embrace the new technologies

Middle grounders Struggle with implementing new technologies

Non conformists Refuse to make technology inclusive into instruction

21st Century Learners

The 21st Century Learner comes equipped with the newest technologies

Interact through social media, blogs, and wikis

Taking in lectures through smart phones and i Pods

Communicating and working with laptops and PDAs

Innovation Abound...

Elements of the 21st Century Classroom

SMART Technologies Includes devices that give students are larger role in

their own learning process. Interactive Whiteboard Projector Teacher Computer Student Devices Audio system Interactive response device

Technology and Teaching...Making A World of Difference