What Technology Facilitates Student Learning?

Any type of technology can be used in the classroom setting if it is done the right way. Here are a few electronical resources that can help get you started using technology in a school setting: ￼

1. Common Sense Education: The motive of Common-Sense Education is to research and give advice regarding mental health, physical health, emotional health, and social health among students and to understand and see the effects of technology on students' wellbeing. This method of research is good for education because it allows research and observation to be done when comparing students' grades and performance to how their mental, physical, social, and emotional health correlates to academics and learning. Common Sense Education facilitates student learning by giving reliable resources needed for research, all accessible by students and teachers, that can be used for typing research papers on computers that help students use critical thinking and decision making. Teachers use Common Sense Education to implement digital citizenship school-wide and create a culture of healthy media use in their school or district.
2. EdSurge: EdSurge is best known for its digital magazine network, consisting of news and research crafted about education. It is designed to inform, educate, and ignite thinking skills among individuals. It facilitates learning from technology research by enforcing and encouraging unique, critical thinking skills that put students' minds to the test. They facilitate student learning through technology by using in-depth research and projects revolving around reading comprehension and storytelling. EdSurge gives the education system reliable reading/magazine stories related to academics for facilitated student learning. EdSurge is also used to research different tech tools to use as formative assessments in the classroom.
3. LearnPlatform: LearnPlatform is a great resource for researching which educational technology tools are safe, school approved, and ready to use for students. LearnPlatform is great for giving every student an equal chance at digital learning and excellence. It can be used to facilitate student learning in technology education by giving students trustworthy and reliable resources needed for success in education, through digital and online learning.

If you are stuck on what methods or strategies to use for integrating educational technology for facilitated student learning, here are a couple scenarios and suggestions for the classroom setting: ￼

1. Blended Learning: In the world we live in now, blended learning can be used quite efficiently and is considerably less time consuming and stressful than full face-to-face learning is now. Blended Learning facilitates learning by integrating educational technology in the forms of Zoom and online assignment software such as Blackboard. This allows the students to meet with their teachers, receive instruction, and complete work independently, with readily available access to the teacher if needed.
2. Stations: Learning stations, sometimes called centers, are often a great way to change up a lesson for a specific day, make something more enjoyable to learn, or get the class moving, interactive and social. Stations allow different ways to learn and discover new strategies. Stations facilitate learning by integrating educational technology into the classroom. This is done with methods such as iPads or iPhones for a station where the students might play a review game/app about a subject they are learning and will soon test on. Another great method of technology for stations would be to allow students to take a virtual field trip using technology like Google Expedition, which allows students to learn more about the places around the world and see 360-degree images for themselves. This would be a great option for a science or social studies class.