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Sarah Sell BED 309- Supervised Study in Technology August 9, 2012
Technology for Classroom Management: Research and Application
Tech4CM or Technology for Classroom management was created for teachers looking to
improve their classroom management plans with the assistance of technology. Created from an
interest in technology and a desire to learn more about classroom management, Tech4CM is
designed as a wikispace composed of countless technological applications based on nineimportant elements of classroom management. Classroom management is one of the most
significant elements in the classroom, establishing the effectiveness of a teachers instruction
and students performance. Likewise, the use of technology is being strongly encouraged and
embraced by schools so as to cultivate twenty-first century learners prepared to be successful
in the digital age. Therefore, technology should be seriously considered by teachers when
creating and enforcing their classroom management plans to assure highly productive,
engaging and meaningful classes. Tech4CM is to be used as inspirational guide for teacher
wishing to embrace more technology and/ or looking to better manage their classroom. They
will find a variety of media tools that can function for specific purposes in classroom
management or for cross curricular activities. Educators will also understand the importance or
technology and classroom management and will be surprised how the two can complement
one another effectively. However teachers wish to use Tech4CM, the possibilities of how you
can use its contents are endless and meaningful for cultivating a love of learning among
students.
Tech4CM is the unique blend of multimedia tools enhancing classroom management
techniques in primarily elementary classrooms. Initially challenged with a former idea that
classroom management was usually directed by the teacher in whole class meetings, the
introduction of twenty-first century applications to this matter changed all that. Through
research, reading and a wealth of knowledge from my technology courses thus far, I was able to
craft a classroom management plan based entirely around technology. The design for the
classroom management plan was based off of Elementary Classroom Management, Lessons
from Research and Practice by Carol Simon Weinstein, Molly Romano, and Andrew Mignano Jr.
This read was critical in outlining my plan because each chapter focused on a different element
of classroom management, from building a caring community to managing individual and group
work. It was from the content in these chapters I based the pages of my wiki and conducted my
research around it. After reading each chapter and learning more about how to implement
these management systems, I sought the best technology applications relevant to the content
by contacting colleagues, peers, and teachers. What I uncovered was web based resources that
can be used for any variety of purposes in classroom management and even core curricular
subjects. For this project however, I focused on what application would best compliment each
classroom management area. Many times I asked myself, how would I use this to implementclassroom management in my classroom? From there I would assign a tool to the most
appropriate area of classroom management, and thus the wikispace grew to a collection of
interactive websites and pages. The tools that I selected range from those that organize
classrooms to those that can run them. All are engaging to students and teachers and most are
free as they are accessible through the World Wide Web. Many if not all of these applications
are also educationally certified and are well known among teachers and administration for
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