The Importance of Educational Technology in a Classroom Setting.

Baylee Clemons is an Elementary Education major and a Senior at Texas State University.

Educational technology is highly important in a classroom setting and can greatly impact your students learning. Within this post I want to discuss the importance of using apps within the classroom and how they help students learn within the lessons being taught. The use of apps can help engage your students what is being taught and gain their interest by using things they love-apps and their phone/tablet. One issue with the use of apps in a classroom could be that an app does not fit the interests of all your students, but this issue could be managed by taking the time to learn the interests of all your students to make sure they will be engaged in the app. Below is a video that discusses 10 apps that are the best for teachers and how to use them properly within your classroom.

A website that could be used to read through reviews and help you choose an appropriate app for your students is edshelf.com. This website has many reviews and recommendations to help you as the educator choose which app will be significant for your students and their interests. When choosing an app that will be used within your classroom you have to consider the way the app will help engage each student in the lesson whether it is a Math or Language Arts lesson. An example of an app that could be used in a math lesson would be buzzmath.com/en-us this web/mobile app can be used to quiz students about the topic of area and how to properly calculate the area of a figure.