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In Education, it is inevitable that you are going to<br />

have to learn some type of technology at some time<br />

during your career as an educator. How do you<br />

keep up with all the changes that happen and how<br />

can you stay ahead of the curve? This article will<br />

help you to know on how you can keep up, and<br />

look for new ways to innovate, and become a<br />

leader in technology your classroom.<br />

It is true nowadays that the kids in classroom<br />

probably knew how to use an I-pad at 6 months old.<br />

They probably know how to program your smart<br />

phone in 5 minutes in the way it would take you<br />

about six months to do. So how do you keep up<br />

with your students? Truth is you probably will<br />

never be able to keep up with them, but that is<br />

okay you are reading this article. Here are 3 ways<br />

that you can research and learn how to use new<br />

technology.<br />

At this conference held in Orlando, Florida<br />

thousands of educators and inventors collaborate<br />

on successful ways to bring technology into the<br />

classroom. There are classes on how to use I Pads<br />

in English and Math without out taking away from<br />

your valuable instruction time, and the best thing<br />

about that workshop is taught by teachers who<br />

used it their individual classrooms. There are<br />

classes on how to help students begin their own<br />

blogs for creative writing in safe online<br />

atmosphere. They have workshops on how to teach<br />

your students through a popular video game<br />

named Minecraft but it is Minecraft Education. This<br />

session is taught by a student and his teacher who<br />

uses it in her classroom. There are many other<br />

sessions that will help you become more<br />

comfortable with using technology in your<br />

classroom, and to collaborate with other educators<br />

from around the country.<br />

Pinterest and Teachers Pay Teachers have so many<br />

and pages with ideas on how to use technology in<br />

the classroom. There are 14, 839 results for<br />

technology related lessons on Teacher Pay<br />

Teachers and over one hundred pins to use on each<br />

website. It is important to know that you can use<br />

these websites for multiple grade levels, and adapt<br />

them according to your classroom’s needs.<br />

Teachers Pay Teachers does have free lesson plans<br />

as well, you just have to select the free option on<br />

the left side of the website. You may need to search<br />

a bit in these websites, but these will be a great<br />

help to you as you go throughout your teaching<br />

career.

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