Technology+Intergration

The video I chose to write on was, “How Differentiated Instruction and Formative Assessments Work at forest Lake Elementary.” The thing that I found most interesting about this video was the way the teachers used technology to teach, assess, and compile statistics that would assist the teachers know the best ways to teach each student in the future. Through the use of technology, the teacher were able to impart the critical knowledge on their students in a way that was best suited to each individual student, making the instruction that much more effective. This video showed me that the potential uses for technology in a classroom setting are limitless. The integration of technology is going to be vital in any classroom in the near future. One of the reasons the state of Colorado adopted their Model Standards for Teacher was to make sure the students acquired a set of “21st Century Skills.” The proper use of technology has to be at the forefront of those skills. The farther we move forward the more prominent role technology plays in our lives. In a prefect world, I would love to have the one computer pre student ratio that there was in the video, that way I could assess the students to know where their strengths and weaknesses are and develop lesson plans to play to those traits. Doing this would allow the student to acquire the knowledge in their own way, making the probability of them retaining the knowledge higher.