10 Reasons I Use Technology In My Classroom

Collaborating on how to design a better roller coaster.

Ozobots encourage discovery as kids learn to Code with purpose.

LittleBits support rigor as students experiment, fail, learn and repeat projects on circuit building.

Virtual Reality with the Alienware Laptop expands the classroom in ways we are still uncovering.

"Technology used properly is like a provocative               essential question, creating and stimulating ongoing             thinking and inquiry beyond the norm of standards."
                                                                                    - Alicia Roberts

1. Laptops encourage students to collaborate in real time by providing easily accessible information to analyze.
2. Learning styles can be merged in the digital world, allowing students to connect with each other organically.  
3. Virtual Reality and interactive technology prepare students for future careers.
4. Digital Citizenship Matters and I want to help shape my students footprints early.
5. Teaching students to be producers and not just consumers of technology is critical for their self-identity.
6. Respecting the Internet and our Digital Devices is something my students develop through digital citizenship cross-cutting curriculum.
7. Access to up-to-date and relevant information is critical to the rigor and objectives taught in my classroom.
8. Technology allows the teacher to become a better coach and not the "sage on stage". 
9. Technology empowers students to get more creative and more connected with real world problems and solutions for their local and global communities.
10. Engagement soars when students are provided opportunities to experiment, fail, learn and repeat in online simulations.