What is the difference between technology use and technology integration?
Technology use is the actual usage of any type of technology. This could mean using a whiteboard, entering grades on the computer, or using the Internet. Technology integration incorporates technology use, but it is more than that. Integration requires that the technology flow throughout lessons rather than being a separate thing. It is something that students as well as the teacher become accustomed to using. For example, during math class the students have the opportunity to work out problems on the interactive white board. During science class, the students research photosynthesis on the Internet and write about what they find. Being able to use the technology is the first step in the process, and integrating takes it a step further to really make it useful in the classroom.
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I agree with your definitions of technology and technology integration. At my PDS my teacher uses an older type of technology, the overhead, to go over information with the class. She also has the entire class read along in their reading books to an auditory reading of a story. It seems to be a good way for the students to understand what they are learning. Technology truly gives us many opportunities to new, exciting ways of teaching.
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