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Integrating Technology in GA Classrooms

Integrating technology in the classroom has become more of an objective for GA educators. In an attempt to follow standards outlined in the GA's C.L.A.S.S. keys aligned with the federal mandated "No Child Left Behind Act", educators must integrate technology into lessons being taught in the classroom. According to an article published on Edutopia although technology is being used in many schools across the nation, many periodicals "schools lag far behind when it come to integrating technology into classroom learning" (Edutopia ).

Integrating technology in the classroom is helping to keep up with the ever-changing society our students are living in. A lot of teachers are faced with students that are more techno-saavy than they as the educator are. Even in the classroom, students have been found to navigate freely with or even create proxy addresses in order to get around school filters that attempt to restrict certain websites in educational settings. Georgia C.L.A.S.S. keys are standards that the state’s department of educators implemented; teachers will be judged on by measures outlined to determine future performance. One of the standards educators will be required to maintain is that the "teacher uses accessible technology efectively to enhance student learning” (www.georgiadoe.org)

A way that a lot of schools have addressed these needs are through the implementing of Smartboards. Smartboard Notebook software is an interactive whiteboard that is becoming a more popular use of technology being added in the classrooms nationwide. The product's website says that its "main objective is to increase interaction between lessons and students" www.smarttechnologies.com. Among other specific strives in the classrooms, educators have created teacher blog pages, podcasts, and web pages. These efforts are being introduced to address various learning styles in an attempt to differentiate instruction for students in need of alternate ways to receive or acquire the same information in a different way. Howard Gardner, author of Multiple Intelligences suggests that “students have a way of learning that is their priority learning style"(Garner 32). Multiple intelligences recognizes eight different ways of successful acquisition of learning in every individual. Since technology efforts are being made inside classrooms nationwide, educators are very easily addressing the various multiple intelligences through technology integration.

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