Integrating Technology in Education

As educators we've got to make it our mission to provide a quality education. In all of us, beyond our race and location, extended beyond our years of experience, there’s a belief that every child should have a decent shot at receiving a free and appropriate public education. How awesome it is that during the COVID 19 pandemic we’ve been able to focus on the issues that matter in education: the relationship between learning and technology, what’s believed to be effective, and removing barriers to learning.

Each day, remind yourself that this is still just the beginning of our learning and ability to deliver concrete improvement to the education of learners in our classes. It is certainly a challenge to make sure that every single student has an equitable and fair chance to succeed. Whether or not we provide access and flexibility to materials, methods, and assessments, NO child is to be left behind. 

We have computers and related hardware. We have software. Now how do we use them in the classroom? Computers have been used in the classroom since the 1960s, especially since the early 1980s.  In previous decades we have gone through a paradigm shift that has changed the way that we teach and learn. Technology has advanced in capability and user ease with the advancement of Web 2.0 tools. We have watched the accessibility of technological resources become widely available, even in rural counties. Through these changes, how we teach is also changing. The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction has adopted 21st Century Skills as part of the curriculum alignment for all public schools.  21st Century Partnership