TECHNOLOGY:USE VS. INTEGRATION

Emily Belcher

Use vs. IntegrationIs there a difference?

The debate is whether or not technology integration and technology use is the same thing.

How would you define technology use? How would you define technology

integration?

Technology Use

Use implies simply that; the students engaged in the use of technology

Could be seen as using technology for the sake of using technology

Need in schools to help students prepare for the 21st century (Wallis & Steptoe, 2006).

What does technology use look like? Computers available for student use. Digital resources available Technology use implies the physical use

of technology, not the educational implications (Gahala, 2001)

Technology Integration

Integration is used so that educational topics are supported and aided by the use of technology.

Integration is used to accomplish another educational goal (Leftwich, 2008)

Learning happens through integration because goals are established and students can reflect upon those goals (Unknown, 2008)

What does technology integration look like? Interactive white boards Blogs Podcasts Classroom performance systems

(Leftwich, 2008) It looks like students using technological

advances to further and support their education

Real Life Example

Technology Use: Using a computer to create a PowerPoint

Technology Integration: Using a computer to create a PowerPoint presentation that is able to convey a meaningful message and be used in a class to achieve a learning objective.

Summary

Technology integration and technology use are not the same

Technology use means that students are actually just using technology

Technology integration implies blending technology into a curriculum to give it purpose

Works Cited

Wallis, C., Steptoe, S. 10 December 2006. How to Bring our Schools Out of the 20th Century. [Online]. Time Archive. Retrieved from <https://oncourse.iu.edu/access/content/group/FA07-BL-EDUC-W401-C6753/Week%205:%20Technology%20Use%20vs.%20Technology%20Integration/How%20to%20Bring%20Our%20Schools%20Out%20of%20the%2020th%20Century.pdf>.

Works Cited

Gahala, Jan. (2001). Critical issue: promoting technology use in schools. Retrieved from <http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/technlgy/te200.htm>.

Works Cited

Leftwich, Anne. Creative and Simple Ways to use Technology in Your Classroom Tomorrow. (2008). [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from Indiana University website <https://oncourse.iu.edu/access/content/user/ssymonet/w401 Spring 08/Week 5/Week 5 Discussion on Technology Use vs. Technology Integration.doc>.

Works Cited

Unknown. (2008). What is Meaningful Learning?. [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from Indiana University website <https://oncourse.iu.edu/access/content/user/ssymonet/w401 Spring 08/Week 5/Week 5 Discussion on Technology Use vs. Technology Integration.doc>.