In recent years, bringing technology into the classroom to aid learning has exploded, and seemingly every day a new app or software solution is released with promises of making the classroom a better place. Not everyone is on board, however, as many educators still like teaching the old-fashioned way. While everyone has their preferred teaching style, because edtech is here to stay, it’s worth considering how it can benefit your teaching environment and enable a better learning experience for your students.

Here are a few examples of how edtech tools, such as classroom management software, can help everyone in the classroom—including teachers.

Encourages Active Learning

One-on-one learning is showing promise as a more interactive way for students to engage with their lessons. With applications and digital tools available at their fingertips, rather than sitting back and passively listening as many do in a lecture environment, edtech tools put students in control of their learning experience. These tools are proving especially useful for conceptual topics like math or science as students can follow a self-guided lesson and interact with it along the way. Rather than letting the lesson pass them by, this learning approach can help each student learn at their own pace.

Supports Individual Growth

It's no secret that some students will pick up a lesson quicker than others, yet traditional teaching methods keep every student on the same level. Through edtech solutions, your lessons won't hold back the overachievers, and you can provide individualized attention to the students who need additional instruction. When you combine your edtech tools with an effective classroom management system, you can quickly determine which students require special attention and provide help at the tap of a button.

Develops Skills Students Will Need in the Future

Technology isn’t going anywhere, and the future careers of your students will likely require they have an adept knowledge of digital tools. While doing things the old-fashioned way has its place, teaching your students how to use technology to research, solve problems, and collaborate with others prepares them for the future.

Fosters Collaboration

When students work with each other in small groups and teach new skills to one another, you know that your classroom is a haven for collaboration. In a study from the U.S. Department of Education, they found that technology did just that, with students in small groups helping each other learn the technology and the lesson. Integrating technology into the classroom can help foster a community where students are willing and happy to help each other as they all learn through interactive lessons.

Saves Time for Educators

Finally, specific tools like classroom management software can help educators save time in the classroom in a few ways. Tools like Netop’s Vision software, for example, allow teachers to keep tabs on the devices in their digital classroom. It’s particularly useful for those who are weary of potential misuse of technology as they can rest assured that with the simple press of a button, they can quickly and easily monitor the screens in their class to make sure everyone stays on task and gets the assistance they need. With Vision, educators can also freeze screens, easily redirect attention, and even share their screen with the class (and more).

About Netop

Netop develops software solutions that enable both businesses and educators to improve efficiency all while driving results to optimize their core goals. Of their collection of digital tools, Vision, their software for classroom management, helps educators keep tabs on and optimize their classroom technology. The tool is incredibly simple to install and use and can replace a fragmented classroom management system all while saving educators time, improving student engagement, and fostering a learning environment that develops skills students will need for the future. Over 8,000 school districts rely on Vision, and it is available in 13 languages for Chrome OS and Windows systems.

Learn more about Vision, Netop’s intuitive, empowering classroom management tool, at Netop.com

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Throughout this book, Mrs. McNosh is doing laundry and hanging up all of her clothes on a clothes line. I would incorporate this into my classroom when I feel they are responsible enough to take on a classroom job. I will relate this back to the book and how Mrs. McNosh had laundry to do as her job. In our classroom we will have jobs that will keep our classroom running smoothly. Everyone will get a job and I would alternate them either every 9 weeks or monthly depending on what worked best for my class.

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Grade: 4th

This story is about a camp counselor at Camp Lone Wolf. The kids in the story become suspicious of him being a werewolf after he eats his meat raw, is hair like a wolf, and is obsessed with wolves. I will read this story aloud to my students as part of a classroom management strategy. Whenever the class as a whole receives 25 gum balls in the class gum ball machine for good behavior, they will get to choose a book a reward. For this "book and a reward," we will read this story aloud as a class during read aloud time. When we finish it, the class will get to have a "Reading Camp" as their reward. They will bring sleeping bags and books to read for the day. They will present their favorite book to the class as part of the day, and they will also write a story about a time they went to summer camp and had a camp counselor that was some other type of character instead of a werewolf. Students will get to sit around a pretend campfire with a flashlight and read their story.