Technology Infused Classroom

I think that a technology infused classroom is a classroom that uses technology in a teacher, parent, and student centered approach, so that there is something for everyone within the learning community. It should use technology for both teaching and communicating. A parent centered classroom would give parents a chance to communicate and be involved with what is happening in their child's education. Some examples of what this might look like is a class website, online grades, and SMS texting regarding important events and messages. A teacher centered classroom would include the use of a SmartBoard to present visually appropriate lessons. It would include audio clips, video, and images. A student centered classroom would include technology that is interactive rather than passive. Students would use classroom responder systems for assessment. They would also have access to computers that they would use on a regular basis. In addition, they would have access to tablet/mobile based technologies for tutorials.

In many aspects, I feel that my classroom is getting closer to technology infused, but I am still missing the boat on the interactive portion. In many aspects, I do many student centered projects with technology in the classroom, but I still tend to use the SmartBoard more as a presentation tool than an interactive tool. I think this is where I see that I would like to take my classroom next. To do this, I think I would probably need to implement it more on a small group intervention level than on a whole classroom level. I'd also have to see about getting the board lowered to a student level rather than a teacher level. I found this video that really inspired this idea for me, though.