Running head: TECHNOLOGY AND MEDIA RESOURCES 1

Kimberly Witham

Integration of Technology and Media Resources

Regent University

In partial fulfillment of UED 496 Field Experience ePortfolio, Spring 2017

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Introduction

Todays students are more inapt with technology than students of previous generations.

Technology has changed how students learn, makes learning more fun, and prepares students for

the future (Cox, 2015). Chalkboards, teachers lecturing, and students writing until they have

cramps in their hands are a thing of the past. Students of the 21st century are using technology at

home and then coming to school with the knowledge necessary to use the required technology,

therefore, they will respond well to technology being integrated into todays lessons.

Rationale for Selection of Artifacts

The artifact that I selected for the media resource is a video from Flocabulary on the

metric system. I use Flocabulary at least twice a week during my closure time with the students,

and this is just one video that brought the lesson together after introducing a way to remember

the metric units in the correct order from biggest to smallest. I introduced the metric units by a

mnemonic phrase, King Henry died by drinking chocolate milk (Kilo, Hecto, Deka, Base, Deci,

Centi, and Milli). After I introduced it, and the students practiced it for a couple of days, I played

this video for closure as the Flocabulary site has a two-minute hip-hop video that goes with the

mnemonic phrase. The students are always excited to see these videos as they are always very

engaging.

Flocabulary is a website that has songs, videos, and activities for K-12 online learning

and is used to engage the students. The students at this school can connect with these particular

videos more that the Brain Pop videos that they are used to seeing due to their culture. They

always beg to see the video again, and they sing the song throughout the day. This media source

lends a hand to connecting the students with their culture as well as wrapping up the lessons that

have been taught.

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The artifact that I selected for the technology resource is a Quizizz review that I set up for

the students to play before they took their summative assessment on the Light unit. I based the

questions off of everything that they have been taught about light for three weeks. Each student

was able to log-in to their iPads and play Quizizz. They could do this as a class, which they

really liked to do because they love to compete against each other. However, they could also log-

in during free time and during Science stations to review for their test.

This piece of technology allowed the students to work at their own level and their own

pace. Some students were able to quickly master it, while others needed to review the Quizizz

game many more times in order to be successful. Tahnk (2014) stated that one reason to embrace

technology in the classroom is because ...it allows every student to proceed at a different pace.

Reflection on Theory and Practice

Before this placement, my biggest fear was technology, especially the Promethean board.

I have grown and learned so much about technology in such a short time. I have learned that

technology is the future of learning, and I cannot get left behind. During this placement, I was

slow to get going with technology, but my cooperating teacher pushed me along. Once I felt

comfortable on the Promethean board, I moved to incorporating the videos into my lessons. I

was then able to help students with their Standards of Learning (SOL) pass as they worked on

those during our Science stations. Finally, I was able to create an actual review game on Quizizz

for my students, which they loved. I am currently creating a Kahoot game for them to play next

week as a class during Science time.

Technology and media are an important part of learning, but they can never take place of

the teacher. A teacher cannot expect for the technology to do all of the work. The students of this

generation were raised with technology. However, we cannot expect for our students to come to
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school, throw them a laptop or iPad and expect them to learn on their own. An effective teacher

knows that technology will engage students, but it will only be effective if the teacher has solid

lesson plans, expectations, guidelines, modeling, practice, and assessments that will help them

grow as learners (Elliott, 2011).

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References

Cox, J. (2015, December). Benefits of Technology in the Classroom. Retrieved February 25,

2017, from http://www.teachhub.com/benefits-technology-classroom

Elliott, L. (2011). Teach like a techie with apps: 20 powerful apps you'll use every day.

Peterborough, NH: Crystal Springs Books.

Tahnk, J. L. (2014, October 08). Why We Need To Embrace Technology In The Classroom Right

Now. Retrieved February 25, 2017, from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeana-lee-

tahnk/technology-in-the-classroom_b_5946570.html

https://getkahoot.com/

https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/58a9e983b2798b6777130af3

https://www.brainpop.com/

https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/metric-system/