Project Examples to Implement Technology into your Classroom

Purpose & objective

As a result of participating, faculty, staff, and admin will leave with examples and ideas of how to integrate technology on their campuses.

Educational or infrastructure challenge/situation:
College and university students not prepared for the technology demands of their LMS and assignments that utilize applications such as word processing and slideshow creation. Strengthening technology at the K-12 level to support K-12 students and set them up for success in higher education.
In addition, teachers are not adequately prepared to integrate technology into their classrooms.

I have over 15 years of teaching computer classes at the K-12 level. I will share my experiences and examples of projects that they can integrate into their classroom.

Lesson plans or instructional activities/strategies employed (include a brief description of your instructional electronic resources or tools used).
Segmenting the lessons into sections
Examples of projects in multiple applications
Examples of ways for students to create, or provide teacher-created resources as templates

Evidence of success.
Student success in technology projects

Outline

Content and activities: What content will be presented and/or in what activities will the audience participate?
1. I will start with an introduction of myself and background, and include my observations, and faculty comments, about the student technology gap at the higher education level.
2. Use an interactive feature, such as a Poll Everywhere Word Cloud, to learn about the attendees’ favorite tools to use in their classes.
3. Share examples of projects in multiple applications
4. Best practices in the design of the projects
5. Attendees - Watch or participate in an example project

Time: How much time will be spent on each content component?
Intro and Word Cloud: 10 minutes
Discussion of projects, examples, and design best practices: 20-30 minutes
Participation in an example project: 20-30 minutes

Process: Include specifics on the frequency and tactics you plan to use to engage the audience (e.g., peer-to-peer interaction, device-based activities, games or contests, etc.).
Poll Everywhere Word Cloud
Attendee participation in sharing their experiences

Supporting research

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/a-majority-of-new-teachers-arent-prepared-to-teach-with-technology-whats-the-fix/2023/09?utm_source=nl&utm_medium=eml&utm_campaign=tl&M=7725337&UUID=780ac0e12e00ab1c7b5f603bdc00852a&T=10275541