Technology Integration Matrix

Introduction
The goal is to promote technology integration that is seamless and that adds significant value to students learning of core
curriculum (language arts, math, social studies, and science content). You will investigate theoretical and practical issues
surrounding the use of multimedia, applications, Internet resources, educational software, and hardware within K-12 classrooms.
The Technology Integration Matrix is to assist preservice educators in making connections between theories, resources, content,
and pedagogy.
Learning Objective
Students will analyze projects completed in class on the Technology Integration Matrix to demonstrate the relationships between
theories, content, technology, and pedagogy.
Course Objectives
Instruction
2. Integrate technology into curriculum and pedagogy for ALL students.
Issues
4. Describe appropriate uses of technologies (Internet, multimedia, communication tools, etc.) in learning environments.
Skills Development
5. Apply information literacy skills (including searching and evaluation strategies) while using electronic resources.
6. Locate, analyze, and contribute to information from Web 2.0 sources.
Teaching with Technology
12.Research, teach, and publish ways to use innovative technology in education.
Directions
1. Read all information (introduction, objectives, explanations, the matrix)
2. Compare the concept, project, or method to the matrix.
3. Fill in how and why the concept, project, or method applies to the theory and standard and provide suggestions for use.
4. Write a five sentence reflection describing more detail or providing clarification for the information you filled in on the
matrix.
5. Load the matrix to the appropriate dropbox in BlackBoard and post it to the matrix page on your ePortfolio.
Explanation of Standards
www.cde.state.co.us
Colorado Academic Standards were created by the Colorado Department of Education to increase student performance in K-12
education and success post high school. The standards create accountability and are a topical organization of material in multiple
content areas. Every grade level has several standards for each content area designed to provide clarity and direction.
The standard elements include:

Prepared Graduate Competencies

Standard

Grade Level Expectations or High School Expectations

Evidence Outcomes
21st Century Skills and Readiness Competencies

Explanation of ISTE Standards for Teachers and Students

www.iste.org
ISTE is The International Society for Technology in Education. ISTE created technology standards for teachers and students in K-12
education to assist learning in a digital society, because technology has forever changed the way teaching and learning occur.
The benefits of using the ISTE Standards include:
Improving higher-order thinking skills, such as problem solving, critical thinking and creativity
Preparing students for their future in a competitive global job market
Designing student-centered, project-based and online learning environments
Guiding systemic change in our schools to create digital places of learning
Inspiring digital age professional models for working, collaborating and decision making
Explanation of Educational Theories
Education theory is the theory of the purpose, application and interpretation of education and learning. It largely an umbrella
term, being comprised of a number of theories, rather than a single explanation of how we learn, and how we should teach.
Rather, it is affected by several factors, including theoretical perspective and epistemological position.
There is no one, clear, universal explanation of how we learn and subsequent guidebook as to how we should teach. Rather, there
are a range of theories, each with their background in a different psychological and epistemological tradition. To understand
learning then, we have to understand the theories, and the rationale behind them.
http://www.ucdoer.ie/index.php/Education_Theory

You may agree or disagree with theories presented, but knowing and understanding if they have any value to add to your
pedagogy, and if they are in alignment with your teaching and technology integration philosophies, is vital to your preparation for
becoming an educator. If you are unfamiliar with the concepts and theories presented, please take the time to follow the links for
further information.
Explanation of Differentiation
Technology can be the great equalizer. In a classroom of 30 students, how will you meet the diverse needs of students?
Technology is one method to assist you in making this process a bit easier. Differentiation is modifying instruction to help
students with diverse academic needs and learning styles to master the same academic content using engaging techniques and
methods. As you complete projects for this class, you need to think of how they can be adjusted for gifted and talented students,
students with physical disabilities, and students with learning disabilities.

Technology Integration Matrix

Colorado Academic
Standards

ISTE
Standards
for
Teachers

ISTE
Standards
for Students

Blooms
Taxonomy

Constructivism

Gamification

Flipped
Classroom

Students are using an

inquiry base process.
Students are asking real
world questions about
order of operation in
order to connect the
content to the real
world.

Create a monopoly
type board game
where students
move around a
board with different
order of operations
questions. If
students can answer
these questions
they get the
property/piece.
Students will collect
go money when
they identify the
correct order in
order of operations

Create a video for

students to watch
prior to class. Video
entails each order in
order of operation
as well as
characteristics/mini
lessons on each
operation. Students
use class time to
create soundscape.

Mathematics
Students create a
soundscape that
help them recall
order of operations
(parenthesis,
exponents, multiply,
add, subtract)
Students select
sounds that help
them think back to
the correct order.
1.Creativity and
innovation
a. Apply existing
knowledge to
generate new ideas,
products, or
processes

1. Number Sense,
Properties, and
Operations

2. Patterns, Functions,
and Algebraic
Structures

Create a
soundscape using
3-4 different
sounds
(depending on
level) and then
repeat them
multiple times.
Use in classroom
and have students
identify the
patterns in each
soundscape.
2. Design and
develop digital
age learning
experiences and
assessments
a. Design or adapt
relevant learning
experiences that
incorporate digital
tools and
resources to
promote student
learning and

Create: Students are

producing their own
soundscape
Understand: While
students are creating
their soundscape,
they are classifying
the orders of
operations.

Remember: students
can recognize
patterns

creativity.

3. Analysis, Statistics,
and Probability
4. Shape, Dimension,
and Geometric
Relationships
Reading, Writing, and Communicating
1. Oral Expression and
Listening

2. Reading for All

Purposes

Create a poem.
Create a
soundscape that
puts elements of
the poem into
words. Provide to
students as a
resource when
discussing
figurative
language.
3. Model digital
age work and
learning
Teachers exhibit
knowledge, skills,
and work
processes
representative of
an innovative
professional in a
global and digital
society.
a. Demonstrate
fluency in
technology
systems
and the transfer
of current
knowledge to new
technologies and
situations

Remember: Students
will recall the
correlation between
poetry and sound.

Students are put

into groups and
read selected book.
When students are
finished they will
create a
soundscape that
imitates sounds
from a scene in the
book in their

Create: Students
produce their own
soundscape and
produce sounds
directly related to
their selected book.
Analyze: Students will
analyze a selected
book.

Students will discuss

characters
problems/conflicts and
present real world
solutions.

Every time a group

completes a portion
of their soundscape,
they will complete
that level. Once
they complete all
portions of their
soundscape they
receive a prize for
finishing the game.

Create a virtual
lesson on language
in text and how that
can be conveyed
into a sound.
Students use class
time to select text
sounds to create
soundscape.

groups.
2. Communication
and collaboration
Students use digital
media and
environments to
communicate and
work
collaboratively,
including
at a distance, to
support individual
learning and
contribute to the
learning of others.
a. Interact,
collaborate, and
publish with peers,
experts, or others
employing a variety
of digital
environments and
media.

3. Writing and
Composition
4. Research and
Reasoning
Social Studies
1. History

Students select an
American war and
create a
soundscape that
mirrors sounds of
the war in groups.
2. Communication
and collaboration
Students use digital
media and
environments to
communicate and
work
collaboratively,
including
at a distance, to
support individual
learning and
contribute to the
learning of others.
a. Interact,
collaborate, and
publish with peers,

Create: Students
produce their own
soundscape and
produce sounds
related to their
selected war.
Analyze: Students will
analyze a war in
American history.

Have students use

inquiry based process to
draw real world
solutions in historical
contexts.

Create a mini
society. A mini
society is a selforganizing,
experience-based
approach to
instructing students
on
entrepreneurship,
economics,
government, career
opportunity,
consumer issues,
and values.
Whenever students
complete a portion
of their soundscape,
they are rewarded
with coins to use in
the mini society.

Create a video that

discusses the
various wars
students can select
to create their
soundscape on.
Students watch
video at home.
Students use class
time to create
soundscape.

experts, or others
employing a variety
of digital
environments and
media.

2. Geography

Create a
soundscape that
emulates sounds
of regions in the
United States.
Students can use
soundscapes
when reviewing
characteristics of
each geographical
location.
2. Design and
develop digital
age learning
experiences and
assessments
a. Design or adapt
relevant learning
experiences that
incorporate digital
tools and
resources to
promote student
learning and
creativity.

Remember: Students
will be able to recall
information about
geographical
locations.

3. Economics
4. Civics
Science
1. Physical Science
2. Life Science

Students create
their own
soundscape in
groups that emulate
the sounds of the 12
systems of the body.
Students present
their soundscape to
the rest of their
peers.
2. Communication
and collaboration
Students use digital
media and
environments to
communicate and
work

Create: Students
produce their own
soundscapes and
produce sounds
related to their
system
Analyze: Students
analyze a system of
the body

Students use online

resources to inquire
about real world
solutions to help create
an understanding of the
systems in the body.

When students
complete their
soundscape, they
are rewarded with
time on the
Nintendo Wii.

Students learn
about the 12
systems of the body
in an instructional
video before class.
During class
students work on
researching ideas
and creating their
soundscapes.

collaboratively,
including
at a distance, to
support individual
learning and
contribute to the
learning of others.
a. Interact,
collaborate, and
publish with peers,
experts, or others
employing a variety
of digital
environments and
media.

3. Earth Systems
Science

Create a
soundscape that
emulates the
sounds of the
water cycle.
Students can
access this
resource when
reviewing the
phases of the
water cycle.
2. Design and
develop digital
age learning
experiences and
assessments
a. Design or adapt
relevant learning
experiences that
incorporate digital
tools and
resources to
promote student
learning and
creativity.

Learning Disabilities EEOs

Students with
learning
disabilities could
work with the
teacher/aid to
create
soundscapes.
Students with
learning
disabilities could
also use
preselected

Remember: Students
are able to recall the
various stages in the
water cycle

Differentiation

sounds and piece

them together in
the order they
think is correct.

Physical Disabilities
Gifted/ Talented

Gifted/Talented
students could
create their own
soundscape
individually and
present it to the
class.

Other
Reflection:
I really enjoyed creating this matrix and seeing all of the practical ways soundscapes can be used in the classroom. Soundscapes
can easily be integrated into content areas. One area I struggled integrating soundscapes into was math. It was hard for me to
associate a math lesson with just sounds. Overall I feel that soundscapes are very affective. I believe it will help students by
associating a sound with a topic.