Technology Integration Theory

There are four areas of interest when thinking about successful technology integration.

1. Technology is an excellent tool to help support the development of 6 important skills (6Cs): Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Creativity, Citizenship, and Character. Skills that have been defined by Michael Fullan as being essential for whole child development and successful 21st century citizenship.

2. Planning for technology integration should begin with rich purposeful tasks, and successful pedagogical practices as the foundation of teaching and learning.

3. After considering task and pedagogy, the SAMR model describes how we can monitor the transformation of tasks from using new technology that simply substitutes the old, to tasks that redefine learning and use technology in meaningful ways that further develop the 6Cs.

4. For successful technology integration to take root, the TPACK model would suggest that one must be confident and knowledgeable in pedagogical practice, in the content that is being taught, and in the use of the technology being used.