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Description
Investigate teacher tools, methods, and considerations for integrating educational technology into the classroom that align with relevant state content, computer science, and technology standards. Learn to plan engaging, technology-integrated lessons using educational frameworks, such as Understanding by Design, Universal Design for Learning, and the SAMR Model.
Learning Objectives
- Explain how educational technology changes the 21st-century classroom.
- Describe the teacher's responsibility for adopting educational technology into instruction.
- Explain shifting classroom dynamics and educational considerations that teachers must know when integrating technology into their classrooms.
- Identify hard and soft skills and describe essential 21st-century soft skills (i.e., 4Cs).
- Describe how to use the SAMR Model to integrate technology effectively into classroom instruction.
- Describe how the Florida computer science standards and ISTE for planning instruction
- Explain how the FL Computer Science and ISTE standards and state content standards support technology in the classroom.
- Identify the parts of the Understanding by Design (UbD) framework for curriculum planning.
- Determine the purpose of the Understanding by Design (UbD) framework when planning lessons to integrate technology.
- Explain intentional technology integration and appropriate technology use.
- Explain how to manage students’ use of technology in the classroom.
- Identify the importance of monitoring student behavior online and how to foster digital citizenship in students.
- Demonstrate how to apply varied instructional frameworks and guidelines that integrate technology.
- Create active learning environments that provide instruction on teaching 21st-century skills.
- Understand the reflective teaching process as it applies to integrating technology into lesson plans.
Documentation Methods
Participants must document their learning by completing the following summatives.
1 Lesson Plan - Learner creates a standards-based plan for instruction.
1 Multiple Choice Exam - Learner demonstrates knowledge of content by selecting
the correct answer from the choices provided.
2 Reflections - Learner synthesizes previous knowledge and course content in
order to develop a narrative response.
The summatives must meet 80% of the established criteria.
Course Last Updated: 2026