Managing Technology in the Classroom from Set-Up

After studying at the San Jose State University and graduating with a bachelor’s in psychology, Steve Betando served as a teacher and eventually into the principalship of Eisenhut Elementary School in the Stanislaus Union School District. Steve Betando’s service to the education system eventually let to his position Superintendent of Morgan Hill Unified School District in California. Back in 1991, he organized a workshop to address technology in the classroom with practice proven strategies still in use today.

There are certain instructional techniques teachers can adopt to manage technology in the class, and many people may underestimate how important it is to begin with the set-up of the classroom. The teacher should arrange the tables in a manner that allows them to view the screens in the classroom. The students must be engaged in the technology and, at the same time, the teacher has a wide span of surveillance can engaged with the students. The thoughtful classroom design must create optimum opportunity for that functional and instructionally appropriate engagement.

Beyond just arrangement, the teacher or instructor needs to establish the classroom procedures by showing and repeating. Students should understand what is expected of them and how to deal with any difficulties that arise from their usage of the technology. Numbering the technology components helps this, as well as assisting with technological support communications also gives students a sense of ownership.

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