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Embracing Technology in Education: Finding the Right Fit for Classrooms

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This article explores the evolution of technology and its potential role in the classroom. It discusses how educators can effectively repurpose "cool" technology, such as Pinterest, to enhance learning experiences. By transforming content to make it accessible and engaging, teachers can better integrate familiar tools into lessons, leading to improved student understanding. The piece emphasizes that technology was not designed for education, and it is the educators’ role to creatively adapt it to meet educational needs.

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Embracing Technology in Education: Finding the Right Fit for Classrooms

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  1. Article Review Nancy Muñoz CSE 610

  2. Too Cool for School? No Way!

  3. ¿What is technology? Back in the day… Now… • Pencil/Paper • Clothing • Phones • Television • Cars • Airplanes • Photoshop • Portable technology • Internet • Hacking/Pirating • Image projectors • Etc.

  4. Can we use Toys in the Classroom? • Only because a technology is cool does not mean it fits in our classrooms but we can repurpose the technology to fit our needs. • For example, Pinterest.

  5. Using site like Pinterst can help educators keep track of ideas they want to use in their classroom. Also, educators can get ideas from other users. It is easy to find a lot of information according to a topic of interest.

  6. ¿What can Technology do for our Students? “Teaching requires the transformation of content in ways that make it intellectually accessible to students” (15). Finding ways to integrate what students are familiar with in the classroom can aid them in understanding the content and keeping them engaged.

  7. In Conclusion, • “Technology was not constructed for educational purposes. Making it educational technology required creative input form the teacher to redesign the original intentions of the software programmer” (18). • ¿So what is our role as educators?!

  8. Reference • Mishra, P., & Koehler, M. (2009). Too Cool for School? No Way! Using the TPACK Framework: You Can Have Your Hot Tools and Teach with Them, Too. Learning & Leading With Technology, 36(7), 14-18.

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