Technology in Classroom
Note: This entire piece is based on the article by (Bitner and Bitner, 2002) on integrating technology in the classroom. How do we Integrate Technology into the Classrooms? Successful integration of technology in the class requires several strategies, (a) funding, (b) a dynamic plan, (c) platform, (d) hardware and software and, most importantly, (e) the teacher. The skills and attitude of the teacher is most important for an effective inclusion of technology in the curriculum. Teachers must be open to learning and be influenced by technology to modify their teaching style. For example, in our school, Veracross is used as an LMS platform. I have seen teachers still using a notebook to keep the scores of the kids and uploading it all on Veracross at the end of the year. I, on the other hand, found that the LMS made my work efficient and time effective. So, I integrated it to upload scores immediately, send mails to the parents and upload home work on it too. I did have to work hard to ge...