Choosing Educational Technology

Resources to Research Education Technology 

The 101 Hottest EdTech Tools According to Education Experts (Updated For 2020)

This article from Tutorful can be used to research education technology to facilitate student learning because it gives educators a list of recommended options that are “amazing, tried and tested tools that they absolutely could not live without as education professionals.” (Tutorful, 2020) Each option includes information on who recommends the tool and why they recommend it, as well as a description of the tool.

19 Useful Educational Technology Tools for 2019

Innovate 624 provides an article that can be used to research education technology to facilitate student learning by providing you with a list of 19 tools that can be used to share content with students as well as allow students to collaborate with one another. Each tool listed includes a description.

12 Educational Apps To Create Digital Portfolios

Here you will find an article from TeachThought that can be used to research education technology to facilitate student learning by letting you chose from a list of 12 educational apps that can be used to create digital student portfolios. Each app listed includes information such as price, platform, and a description with a review. 

Methods for Integrating Educational Technology 

 

One method for integrating educational technology to facilitate student learning in the classroom is station rotation blended learning. This method facilitates student learning because it “allows students to rotate through stations on a fixed schedule, where at least one of the stations is an online learning station.” (TeachThought, 2019) This method is mostly used in elementary schools as rotating centers or stations, and it facilitates learning by allowing the students to move through the lesson in phases. This method can be used for integrating education technology by using educational technology in one or two of the rotations. For example, one rotation could be on computers, and another rotation could be on i-Pads.

 

Another method for integrating education technology is mastery-based blended learning. This method also facilitates student learning by “Students rotate between online and face-to-face learning (activities, assessments, projects, etc.) based on the completion of mastery-based learning objectives.” (TeachThought, 2019)  This allows students to access multiple types of learning methods to prepare them to show mastery.

References

TeachThought. (2020, June 21). 12 of the most common types of blended learning [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://www.teachthought.com/learning/12-types-of-blended-learning/

Tutorful. (2018, March 20). The 101 hottest EdTech tools according to education experts (updated for 2020) [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://tutorful.co.uk/blog/the-82-hottest-edtech-tools-of-2017-according-to-education-experts