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February 16 Annotated Bibliography

Boss, S. (2011). Technology Integration: What Experts Say. //Edutopia//. Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/technology-integration-experts

In this article experts discussed their thoughts about technology integration they discussed the use of technology for students and teachers. Some of the experts brought up the idea that many of the teachers may not be trained in the use of the technology and that they would not properly be able to operate the technology if they weren’t properly trained. Others thought that having teachers use the technology was great for the students and gave them great hands on experience and let them explore new ideas. One expert also suggested that teachers should become more interested in the possibilities of technology integration and to seek out the teachers that know a lot about it. When the experts talked about the students use of technology integration they were half and half. Some believed that with all the censoring of technology how will student really be able to explore. One expert believed that if the students did not feel comfortable using the technology they would not create the quality work we are expecting. Another believe that we should not rush into using the technology with students since technology moves so fast how would the students be able to keep up. Now on the other hand many believe that having the student use technology integration will only help them expand their ideas and even let them teach others how to use the newest technology. Some children practically come to school knowing how to use technology so why not have them work with it. One expert brought up that even though playing games is fun for school students it does not really separate learning from assessment for students. When playing games you are constantly being assessed and given feedback whether you got the problem right or wrong and not really giving the student the chance to learn what they have done wrong or letting them problem solve.

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