Technology Integration Matrix

Introduction
The goal is to promote technology integration that is seamless and that adds significant value to students learning of core curriculum (language
arts, math, social studies, and science content). You will investigate theoretical and practical issues surrounding the use of multimedia, email,
Internet resources, educational software, and hardware within K-12 classrooms. The Technology Integration Matrix is to assist preservice
educators in making connections between theories, resources, content, and pedagogy.
Learning Objective
Students will analyze projects completed in class on the Technology Integration Matrix to demonstrate the relationships between theories,
content, technology, and pedagogy.
Course Objectives
Instruction
2. Integrate technology into curriculum and pedagogy for ALL students.
Issues
4. Describe appropriate uses of technologies (Internet, multimedia, communication tools, etc.) in learning environments.
Skills Development
5. Apply information literacy skills (including searching and evaluation strategies) while using electronic resources.
6. Locate, analyze, and contribute to information from Web 2.0 sources.
Teaching with Technology
12. Research, teach, and publish ways to use innovative technology in education.
Directions
1. Read all information (introduction, objectives, explanations, the matrix)
2. Compare the concept, project, or method to the matrix.
3. Fill in how and why the concept, project, or method applies to the theory and standard and provide suggestions for use.
4. Write a five sentence reflection describing more detail or providing clarification for the information you filled in on the matrix.
5. Load the matrix to the appropriate dropbox in BlackBoard and post it to the matrix page on your ePortfolio.
Explanation of Standards
www.cde.state.co.us
Colorado Academic Standards were created by the Colorado Department of Education to increase student performance in K-12 education and
success post high school. The standards create accountability and are a topical organization of material in multiple content areas. Every grade
level has several standards for each content area designed to provide clarity and direction.
The standard elements include:

Prepared Graduate Competencies

Standard
Grade Level Expectations or High School Expectations
Evidence Outcomes

21st Century Skills and Readiness Competencies

Explanation of ISTE, NETS-S, and NETS-T

www.iste.org
ISTE is The International Society for Technology in Education. ISTE created the national educational technology standards for teachers and
students in K-12 education to assist learning in a digital society, because technology has forever changed the way teaching and learning occur.
The benefits of using the ISTE Standards include:
Improving higher-order thinking skills, such as problem solving, critical thinking and creativity
Preparing students for their future in a competitive global job market
Designing student-centered, project-based and online learning environments
Guiding systemic change in our schools to create digital places of learning
Inspiring digital age professional models for working, collaborating and decision making
Explanation of Educational Theories
Education theory is the theory of the purpose, application and interpretation of education and learning. Its largely an umbrella term, being
comprised of a number of theories, rather than a single explanation of how we learn, and how we should teach. Rather, it is affected by several
factors, including theoretical perspective and epistemological position.
There is no one, clear, universal explanation of how we learn and subsequent guidebook as to how we should teach. Rather, there are a range of
theories, each with their background in a different psychological and epistemological tradition. To understand learning then, we have to
understand the theories, and the rationale behind them.
http://www.ucdoer.ie/index.php/Education_Theory

You may agree or disagree with theories presented, but knowing and understanding if they have any value to add to your pedagogy, and if they
are in alignment with your teaching and technology integration philosophies, is vital to your preparation for becoming an educator. If you are
unfamiliar with the concepts and theories presented, please take the time to follow the links for further information.
Explanation of Differentiation
Technology can be the great equalizer. In a classroom of 30 students, how will you meet the diverse needs of students? Technology is one method
to assist you in making this process a bit easier. Differentiation is modifying instruction to help students with diverse academic needs and
learning styles to master the same academic content using engaging techniques and methods. As you complete projects for this class, you need
to think of how they can be adjusted for gifted and talented students, students with physical disabilities, and students with learning disabilities.

Technology Integration Matrix

Colorado
Academic
Standards

NETS T

NETS S

Blooms
Taxonomy

Constructivis
m

Student
Use

Mathematics
1. Number
Sense,
Properties,
and
Operations

Link a web
video of
what we
learned in
class to
the
website.
Students
will be
able to
access this
video if
and when
they need
further
instruction
, and can
come to
me with
questions
about the
assignmen
t.

Direct
Instruction

Flipped
Classroom

Instructionis
m

Behavioris
m

2. Patterns,
Functions,
and Algebraic
Structures

3. Analysis,
Statistics, and
Probability

Students
will use a
provided
website to
make a test
for their
classmates
on the
information
they are
learning so
that they
can show
what they
know in a
fun and
creative
way.
Students will
use each
step of
blooms
taxonomy to
remember,
understand,
apply,
analyze,
evaluate and
create an
activity for
the other
students to
use as extra
help.

4. Shape,
Dimension,
and
Geometric
Relationships

Students
will be
able to
see a page
I have
linked to
my
website
that
quizzes
them on
all of the
shapes,
dimension
s and
geometric
relationshi
ps that
they have
been
taught.
They will
retain the
informatio
n longer if
they get
to have
fun
learning it
in the first
place.
Reading, Writing, and Communicating

1. Oral
Expression
and Listening

2. Reading for
All Purposes

Students
first have to
understand
what words
mean and
how to put
sentences
together,
and then will
have the
iPads read to
them as a
listening
drill, and
use the
speaker to
demonstrate
that they
know what
the words
are.
Students
will be able
to read off
of iPads and
laptops as
an oral
exam and
will
practice
reading
using apps
that are at
appropriate
grade level
expectation
s.

3. Writing and I will have

Composition
a template
available
for the
students
to write
sentences
and
eventually
paragraphs
as writing
and
compositio
n.

4. Research
In the 1st
and Reasoning Grade
classroom,
students
will not be
capable of
completin
ga
research
project on
their own,
but as a
class we
can
complete
one. We
can search
the web
on a
particular
topic and
ask the
students
to explain
how the
informatio
n we find
relates to
the topic
we are
researchin
g.
Social Studies

1. History

2. Geography

3. Economics

Students will
first
understand
history
through a
website that
I link to my
class page,
and then
they will
work their
way through
Blooms
Taxonomy to
fulfill all
requirement
s using the
website.
Students
will have an
interactive
website to
play on that
will help
them and
quiz them
on where
things are
in the
world;
nothing too
complex
but
definitely
at grade
level
expectation
s.

4. Civics

I can
teach the
students
about the
current
president
and about
the most
famous
presidents
over time.
We can
research
them
online to
use
technology
and ask
students
how it
pertains to
today.
Science

1. Physical
Science

2. Life
Science

Students
will lay
down on a
large piece
of paper to
be traced.
Once they
have their
silhouette
traced, we
will talk
about body
parts and
where they
go. We will
have online
quizzes to
figure out
where we
need to put
our body
parts in
relation to
their
silhouettes.
We will use
the steps of
Blooms to
understand
and evaluate
the life
science
phases and
how and why
things work.

3. Earth
Systems
Science

I will have
a website
linked to
the class
page that
utilizes all
of earths
systems to
use to
teach the
students.
Differentiation

Learning
Disabilities EEOs

Students
with minor
learning
disabilities
will be
given
extra
help. I will
expect
them to
do the
given
assignmen
t just like
the others
but will be
granted
more time
and help. I
want them
to feel as
though
they are
just like
the
others,
and not
like just
because
they have
minor
disabilities
that they
are being
given a
completel
y different
assignmen
t to better
fit their
abilities.

Gifted/
Talented

Gifted and
talented
students
will be
given
extra parts
to
complete
such as
with
math, to
make an
answer
key to
their tests
that can
also be
accessed
from the
website.

Other

Reflection: I learned that there is not only a lot of planning for lesson plans as a teacher, but also a lot of time and effort put into figuring out
what to teach and how to teach it, especially when we have to incorporate technology into the mix.