How can Technology Help me Improve my Teaching Practice?

Technology is a great way to extend the classroom beyond the four walls through innovative learning experiences. Communication through technology is a useful way to keep students, as well as parents connected to the class. Discussion boards and e-mail, for example, allow students to read one anothers' ideas, as well as add their own opinions. Other than chat tools, researching provides ways to participate in projects and research beyond what is being studied in class, if used appropriately with evaluation techiques. After researching is used to extend knowledge, technoogy also can be used to creatively organize the tools available, such as drawing tools, powerpoint and image editing software.