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# 3 How to Use Technology to Impact Student’s Learning As a teacher today we need to be up to date with the technological world. Although it can be a challenge to use these great resources effectively to enhance learning in the educational world. Incorporating technology into your daily lessons and activities is a practical way to teach students that computer skills are important for more than just surfing the Internet. Bellow are just a few of the many ways to get you started with incorporating technology into your classroom.

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The following links provide information and tools to help you incorporate technology into your classroom and lesson plans.

Websites to Incorporate Technology into the Classroom:

Grade K - 12 Subject Interaction []

Teacher Tap []

Educational Fun Kids Activities []

Scholastic Online []

Virtual Manipulatives []

Instructional Technology []

Create a PowerPoint presentations with your students, and teaching them how to use PowerPoint features to make their presentations interactive.

Examples of Ways to Incorporate Technology Through Powerpoints:







Smart Board
 * SMART //board//TM interactive whiteboard**  was the first interactive whiteboard to provide touch control of computer applications and annotation over standard Microsoft Windows applications

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Design Smart Board Activities []




 * 1) 5 Collaborating with General Educators

 Collaboration in schools is defined as providing exceptional education in regular education classrooms. Over the years collaboration has increased and more exceptional education students are being taught in the general education classroom. The IDEA ( Individuals with Disabilities act) allows all student to an equal education and collaboration helps to ensure children with learning disabilities get a free appropriate public education, including specialized instruction, in a regular classroom. There are many ways that teachers can collaborate with each other for an inclusion classroom. A few examples are listed below:

Collaborative Teaching - In classrooms with a lead teacher, often the regular classroom teacher delivers the instruction in the subject area. The special education teacher is an observer who works with children after instruction to provide specially designed instruction, ensure understanding, and to provide adaptations and modifications. Collaborative Teaching - Each teacher is responsible for instruction in a specific area of the room. Students are assembled into groups that rotate through the centers for instruction. Special education teachers may deliver instruction in areas of their certifications and may also serve as support to other teachers without special education background. Collaborative Teaching - This involves pulling students with disabilities aside from the group or into a resource classroom where they work one-on-one or in small groups with a special education teacher and possibly with instructional assistants for part of the instructional day. Even when students are placed full time in special education classrooms, teachers may communicate with each other to ensure students' programs include appropriate instruction. Separate settings are typically used with students who have more significant need for direct instruction. Collaborative Teaching - This involves both teachers simultaneously working together to teach a classroom of students. Either teacher who has the necessary background knowledge in the subject introduces new concepts and materials to the class. Both teachers work as a team to reinforce learning and provide assistance to students as needed. Special education teachers provide specially designed instruction to students with [|IEPs], and regular education teachers can assist with this as well. Collaborative Teaching - A special education teacher may provide some instruction to students, but the majority of service is indirect. The special education teacher mostly provides guidance to the regular education teacher on how to modify instruction to meet the student's needs.
 * Collaboration Models - The Lead Teacher Model: **
 * Collaboration Models - Stations or Centers: **
 * Resource Services, or Alternative Collaborative Setting: **
 * Collaboration Models - Team Teaching : **
 * Consultation Models of Collaboration: **

Information above has been referenced from the following website: "Collaborative Teaching - Learn About Collaborative Teaching in Special Education Programs." //Learning Disabilities - About Learning Disabilities//. Web. 10 Apr. 2010. .





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