Chapter 2

Chapter 2
“Educational leaders ensure that curricular design, instructional strategies, and learning environments integrate appropriate technologies to maximize learning and teaching.”


How can we integrate technology into the class room?
It would seem simple to integrate technology into the class room. There are so many devices and forms of software to meet anyone’s diverse needs while supporting instruction. Even if we lack the needed skills to utilize new technology, there are always specialists who can assist. Technology can even be cost effective. Imagine not having to replace books on a yearly basis. Pencils and pens will be tools seldomly used (that might be good or bad but at least, cost effective). The old copier that always breaks down when you need it will become a dinosaur. Assignments, handouts, notifications, report cards….can all be placed onto the computer. But one important aspect of technology impacts my understanding and that of others; the change. It seems that once we master a certain software program that a newer version is produced. The technology is changing so rapidly that is seems impossible to keep pace. “Change causes people to experience a sense of disequilibrium, which is usually very uncomfortable.”