blog # 5

I think one of the major ways that integration of technology helps in a learner centered classroom is to actually give the students a little bit more freedom with what they are learning and doing with projects and other classroom activities. If you are having them do a project on different habitats, why not just tell them the major things you want in them and then let them get whatever other information they want to use off the internet and present it in whatever way they find most interesting so that you are not going to have the same presentation multiple times by different people. Another thing I think is a good way to integrate technology that will also give them a learner centered class is letting them do a newsletter to parents at the end of each quarter or semester that will tell them the different things have learned or things that they are excited about learning in the future of your class. This gives them the opportunity to get on the computers and play around with word processors and then it also gives their parents an idea of what they are actually doing in class. The last way I think it is a good idea to integrate technology into a learner centered classroom is to let them take their tests on the computer. Instead of having a simple test that has multiple choice and short answer why not let them do a project with the different programs on the computer at the end of each lesson to show what they have learned instead of making everything so standardized. This would be a fun and more exciting way for them to take a test and then it will also show you what the students have learned or need help on.