Course Review - Supporting Technology Integration

In 1985 Apple launched Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow (Pitler, 2024). This organization researched and studied which of the following?

• How to negate the effects of technology use.

• What a teacher should do to best engage the students.

• How the use of technology might impact teaching and learning.

• How cell phone usage might impact schools.

There is a variety of technological resources schools can use to make education better and more engaging (Pitler, 2024). Which of the following groups and/or people are excellent resources to assist any teacher or administrator with technology integration?

• Jennifer Gonzales

• George Couros

• American Association of School Librarians

• All of the above

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Dr. Puentedura created the SAMR model which shows the impact of technology on teaching and learning. SAMR stands for _________, Augmentation, Modification, Redefinition (Pitler, 2024).

In this video Ruben Puentedura describes the SAMR model (Puentedura, 2016). Which two levels of the SAMR model are considered transformative in nature?

• Redefinition, Modification

• Modification, Substitution

• Substitution,

  Redefinition

• Augmentation,

  Substitution

The video discusses changing a project from something students would do individually to something they do together (Puentedura, 2016). Including having conversations about their knowledge. This is moving them to which level of the SAMR model?

• Substitution

• Augmentation

• Redefinition

• Modification

The PICRAT model was developed by Kimmons, Graham and West (Pitler, 2024). The PIC of the PICRAT model looks at...

• What type of technology is being used in the classroom.

• How teachers are engaging with technology.

• The technology tool that is used to create the product.

• How students are engaging with technology.

Chat GPT, Eduaide, Questionwell and Diffit are all making teachers jobs easier (Pitler, 2024). Each of these uses ________________ to help make lesson plans, videos or assessments for students.

• Coding

• Artificial Intelligence

• App Development

• Flipped Classrooms

Flipped learning was one positive that came from COVID. It gives teachers the ability to take learning online (Pitler, 2024). Which of the following is NOT a positive outcome of a flipped classroom?

• Teachers can focus more on individual learners.

• Learners gain better access to content.

• Each student can go at their own pace.

• Some learner do not respond well to the self-paced learning.

___________ can play a key role in helping educators differentiate instruction (Pitler, 2024).

Seesaw is one example of a ______________ where students can keep track of their assignments, projects and activities (Pitler, 2024). These can also be shared with parents.

• Online Library

• Digital Portfolio

• PIxton

• Blended Learning