Instructional Technology Integration

What is the difference between technology use and technology integration? Technology use in the classroom pertains to an instructor's use of technology during lessons. This technology use can consist of using the computer to teach lessons, using a mimeo board, or any on-line activities that help achieve academic success. From the use of technology, students continue to learn from the teacher's instruction but just have the material presented to them in a different form. Technology integration is different than technology use because it deals with integrating the technology to a greater level with the students and often provides hands-on activities for the children. With technology integration, children also learn through the use of technology but technology is integrated into their every-day activities. Here, children are given the opportunity to work on computers and complete lessons via certain technologies but they also achieve a sense of how technologies work today. Not only are the students learning their lesson, but they are also learning how to maneuver through technologies and expand on their ways of learning.