 Actively engages students

 Promotes 21st Skills

 Enhance everyday class-
room learning
 Promotes better parent-
teacher communication
 Can free up much needed
classroom time
 Be used as a “second
teacher”
 Allows students a creative
outlet to demonstrate their
knowledge

Identify your students’ needs.

 What is your class missing?
 Where do you need ‘help’?
 What are some areas for improvement?

Research and Implement!

Search the web for resources to
meet your needs.
Ask fellow teachers!
And, implement! Try using technology to meet those needs!
Don’t be afraid to try new Use it to improve your classroom!
resources! If you can think of it, there is probably technology for it!

FLIP THIS OVER!

Find ideas dealing with student engagement, extra
assistance, parent communication, and MORE.
Remind
 An app that allows you to send text message reminders and
notifications
 Use to communicate with parents
 Share what happens inside your classroom with parents
Don’t be afraid to try new things!
It might take some trail and error to
find technology that works best for you
and your students.
Technology is always changing! Be
flexible!

Class Dojo Make use of technology students

are already using! Phones, games,
 An app that allows you to track student behavior, communi-
computers, get creative with brining
cate with parents, and share images
those into the classroom! Student en-
 This app does it all! Highly recommended for elementary gagement will improve!
teachers!

SeeSaw
 An app that can act as a social media page for your class-
room

 Teachers and students can post videos, voice memos, pic-

tures, and text to the class feed

 Parents can view the information and share in the classroom

happenings

Extra Helper! Random Name Picker: https://

www.classtools.net/random-name-picker/
 Use sites, like YouTube, to find extra help for stu-
dents (videos they will be able to access at home). If  No longer call on the same students.
you can’t find any, make your own! Use this website to randomly select
students
Group Work
Google Drive: https://
 Use Wikis, or Google Drive, to make group work
www.google.com/drive/
easier
 Create polls, surveys, mind maps, it
 Students can always access a current document online,
does it all! (all docs and info is stored
and working together will be made simple! The Inter-
online).
net will save and track changes made to the project.
Members of the group will no longer have to be in the  Use for student group work. Students
same room to work on the project. can access and edit the same docu-
ment. Making changes, editing, and
Creativity!
sharing info in groups easier!
 Make learning fun! Find sites like Voki, or Sec-
BrainPOP: https://
ondLife, and incorporate them into your classroom
www.brainpop.com/
 Students can show you what they know if different
 Hundreds of videos and activities! Can
ways
be used to enhance any lesson!