TEACHER SUPPORT TECHNIQUES

TEACHER SUPPORT TECHNIQUES

A Guide for Integrating Technology into your Classroom

Lesson Delivery There are so many creative and innovative ways to present and create a lesson using technology.

How Can I Help?

• Help you create interactive and eye-catching PowerPoint slides for your notes.
• PowerPoint isn't the only presentation application that can be used. Others are:
• Genial.ly
• Prezi
• Powtoon

• Help you learn what settings you need to use on your laptop to project your screen onto your classroom whiteboard or SMART Board and troubleshoot any issues.

TEACHER SUPPORT TECHNIQUES

Assessment

Use technology to assess your students in meaningful ways. Technology is excellent for formative assessments.

How Can I Help?

• Show you the use of applications such as NearPod to embed questions in your instruction.
• NearPod provides ready-made templates
• Easy to use and provides a great way to check for understanding

• Show you how to create and introduce virtual exit slips for formative assessment
• You can use applications such as Kahoot! or EDPuzzle to quickly check for understanding
• Great way to check for understanding and gives students purpose in their learning

TEACHER SUPPORT TECHNIQUES

Classroom Management/Culture

Use technology to create a classroom that ensures active learning and meeting class goals and objectives.

How Can I Help?

• Make sure your technology is organized and ready to use
• Show you what you can use in case your technology glitches. What is your plan B? Have a backup.

• Keeping the technology simple
• Let's find the apps that work best for you and your students
• Switching applications and technology too frequently will confuse your students and take up valuable class time

• Show you how to use technology with a purpose
• Align your technology with your learning goals
• Balance online time with offline time
• Making sure the technology is not a distraction

TEACHER SUPPORT TECHNIQUES

Collaboration

Student collaboration is one of the most valuable tools for teaching and learning. Using technology makes collaboration more effective and easier to facilitate.

How Can I Help?

• Help you use technology to encourage deeper engagement during collaboration
• The following applications have social features like Facebook or Twitter that can make student collaboration exciting
• Twiducate
• Whooo's Reading

• Show you how to use technology to extend collaboration outside of classroom.
• Use these apps to help: Cacoo, TitanPad, Vyew

• Show you how to use technology to track student collaboration
• Checking comments in Google Docs
• Reviewing edit history

TEACHER SUPPORT TECHNIQUES

Communication

Using technology provides an innovative way for teachers to communicate with students and their families.

How Can I Help?

• Show you how to use technology to give feedback
• Use YouTube to post feedback directly to a students
• Use blog applications to provide feedback and to discuss classroom topics
• Provides an open forum where ideas can be shared and thought processes can be seen

• Show you ways to be accessible to your students without giving up your privacy or theirs
• Use these applications like Remind
• These applications use message boards that are social media-style platforms but more secure and controlled
• Can also be used with parents

TEACHER SUPPORT TECHNIQUES

Hardware and Technology Issues

Integrating technology in the classroom means something will go wrong. There could be an issue with the hardware or software.

How Can I Help?

• Show you how to recognize common technology issues and how to solve them.
• Recognize when the issue is with your hardware (the device) or the software (the application or program)
• Some issues are slow internet, devices aren't charged, missing adapters or cables, or needed software is not available

• Show you how to persevere and problem-solve before you put in a technology ticket.
• Don't be afraid to ask the students (this a great way to get them engaged)
• When in doubt, restart your device
• Use solutions as learning opportunities
• Example: stagger the use of online time among your students until the internt/WiFi is working at full capacity.

TEACHER SUPPORT TECHNIQUES

Technology and Special Education

All students should have access to programs that use technology. Integrating technology in your co-taught classroom provides that access.

How Can I Help?

• Introduce you to text-to-speech programs such as Speak It!
• These types of applications not only helps students with vision problems
• Helps students with decoding problems or need text read aloud

• Introduce you to dictation programs like WordQ that transcribe speech for students with motor skill impairments
• Makes completing assignments and tasks such as taking notes possible for students with these types of impairments
• Can also be used to transcribe your lessons

TEACHER SUPPORT TECHNIQUES

Technology and English Language Learners

ELL students have unique education needs. The term itself represents a wide variety of students who may have even more specific needs other than language needs.

How Can I Help?

• Help you find ELL-friendly tools within the applications you are already using
• Many popular applications have features that support differentiating instruction
• Newsela has a feature that offers text in English and Spanish
• Snap and Read will translate text into several different languages

• Help you find applications that specifically address your ELL students' needs
• BrainPop ELL offers a guide on how to use the application specific to ELL students
• Read&Write has features that can help translate text-to-speech into different languages.