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Technology Integration

Technology Integration refers to the use of technology such as computers, mobile devices, software applications and the internet in daily classroom practices to impart students learning experience. To achieved a fruitful technology integration the use of technology should be routine, transparent, accessible and readily available for the task at hand. It should be supporting the curricular goals while helping the students to achieve their goals successfully.

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM?

There are various benefits and effects when technology is used for educational instructions, some of these includes;

•	Keeping students engaged

Technology is interactive and due to this it keeps student engage whether they are working in groups or independently.

•	Helps students with different learning styles

Integrating technology in the classroom can help students with different learning style. Not all students learn the same way, some learn by listen these students are called auditory learner, some learning by watching, they are referred to as visual learners, and some learn by doing, these learners are kinesthetics learners. Teachers can used technology to differentiate instruction to modify information for the appropriate learning capabilities of their students.

Types of technology integration

•	Online Learning and Blended Classrooms

•	Project-Based Activities Incorporating Technology

•	Learning with Mobile and Handheld Devices

•	Game-Based Learning and AssessmentSituated cognition

According to Study.com Situated cognition theory it states " knowledge cannot be separated from the context or situation in which it was acquired " meaning that learning does not happen in an area where other people are not involved, with Situated cognition learning is linked with culture, place, activity or social situation, because we learn from being interactive with other people, if you gains new knowledge and practices it frequently  or even share that knowledge with others will remember it to heart.

Example of situated cognition

Situated cognition is best used in an environment where students can share what they have learnt with others. For example, a student who learns about history in school by reading is more likely to forget about what they have learned, however if they had actually visited the historical sites and interact with other people in that environment, they tend to recall what they had learned.

Technology Integration

Technology Integration refers to the use of technology such as computers, mobile devices, software applications and the internet in daily classroom practices to impart students learning experience. To achieved a fruitful technology integration the use of technology should be routine, transparent, accessible and readily available for the task at hand. It should be supporting the curricular goals while helping the students to achieve their goals successfully.

Relationship between situated cognition and technology integration

The relationship between situated cognition and technology integration is that they both are associated with learning but with different belief of learning style. Technology integration has to do with having the pupils enhance their learning by using several types of technology themselves in the class room, while situated cognition have to do with learning outside of the class room and by interacting with their environment and peers.