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Technology Integration

The Thoughtful Teacher’s Tech Integration Playbook

This collection of articles and videos offers teacher-tested advice on everything from setting up effective routines and choosing the right tools to knowing when to step back and unplug.

October 1, 2025

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Technology Integration
Managing Tech Integration in Your Classroom
It’s important for technology-influenced learning environments to encourage students to be active, collaborative, and engaged.
Sarah Schneider Kavanagh, Tess Bernhard
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How to Help Teachers Make Smart Edtech Choices
Having too many apps and tools to choose from can be stressful, and coaches can play a key role in reducing that stress.
Meredith Masar Boullion
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6 Tips From a Tech Coach and Teacher
Educators can balance innovative and traditional methods of teaching to mindfully include technology in the classroom.
Alicia Sewell
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A Powerful Model for Understanding Good Tech Integration
Good technology integration isn’t about using the fanciest tool, it’s about being aware of the range of options and picking the right strategy—or strategies—for the lesson at hand.
Youki Terada

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Classroom Management in the Tech Era
Before considering how to integrate tech in lessons, it’s important to ensure that you have clear expectations and routines in place.
Paige Tutt
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Why I Learned to Embrace Classroom Timers
Using a timer helps teachers ensure that they are making the most of their limited time with students.
Henry Seton
Technology Integration
5 Essential Tech Talks to Have With Students
To set the stage for successful student use of technology, start the year by discussing expectations around how tech like AI should and shouldn’t be used in your classroom.
Paige Tutt
Classroom Management
60-Second Strategy: Professional Courtesy
For anyone who’s ever wondered, “How do I get their attention back in a 1:1 environment?”

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The Tech Skills That ‘Digital Natives’ Are Missing—and How to Help
Students are growing up in a world filled with technology, but explicit instruction, support, and guidance are needed to help them use it in ways that meaningfully amplify their learning.
Paige Tutt
Technology Integration
A Strategy to Help Young Students Learn to Use Technology
Adding icons to a rubric can help early elementary students as they learn how to use tech tools in the classroom.
Debbie Tannenbaum
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A Gradual Release of Responsibility Over Student Devices
When faced with a tech problem, students often seek help immediately—passing the responsibility back to them can show them they’re less helpless than they think.
Shannon Engelbrecht
Technology Integration
Maintaining Classroom Devices for Effective Learning
A short check-in at the beginning and end of class can help teachers and students ensure that devices are functioning optimally.
Hedreich Nichols
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Tech Buddies: Building Technology Skills Through Peer Teaching
See the learning on both sides when fifth graders teach computer skills to first graders.

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9 Teacher-Tested Apps to Enhance Math Instruction
From interactive calculators to skill-building games, these digital tools can help make math more accessible and engaging for students.
Daniel Leonard
Technology Integration
10 Student-Tested Chrome Extensions
Many teachers and students use the popular browser, and it’s easy to customize with these extensions that really benefit students.
Kathryn Nieves
Technology Integration
7 Digital Tools That Help Bring History to Life
Challenging games, fun projects, and a healthy dose of AI tools round out our top picks for breathing new life into history lessons.
Daniel Leonard
Technology Integration
5 Teacher-Tested AI Tools for Beginners
Feeling curious about AI but overwhelmed by options? Edtech specialist Eric Curts cuts through the noise with five tools you can start using today.
Eric Curts

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A 4-Step Framework for Exploring AI on Your Own Terms
A no-pressure, thoughtful approach to AI exploration: You set the timeline, reflect honestly on what’s working, and let your practice guide the process.
Alana Winnick
ChatGPT & Generative AI
When Students Use AI in Ways They Shouldn’t
Here are some ways teachers can respond when students don’t follow classroom guidelines for using AI.
Jen Roberts
ChatGPT & Generative AI
AI Tutors Can Work—With the Right Guardrails
Research suggests that unrestricted AI use can hinder learning, but AI tutors designed to prompt and prod can be powerful teaching tools. Here’s how to create one.
Daniel Leonard
ChatGPT & Generative AI
Why I’m Banning Student AI Use This Year
Chanea Bond will ban AI this year to give her high school English students the opportunity to develop foundational skills that she believes the tech can hinder.
Andrew Boryga
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What a 30-Day Break From AI Taught Me About My Teaching
Using AI had become second nature for this educator. A month without the tools gave him an opportunity to pause, reflect, and recalibrate.
James Bedford
ChatGPT & Generative AI
Helping Students Navigate New Technology Responsibly
By giving students a safe way to explore using AI chatbots in the classroom, teachers can help them sharpen their digital literacy and critical thinking skills.
ChatGPT & Generative AI
How to Talk to Students About AI
Some are banning it, others embracing it—but every teacher should consider starting a classroom conversation about generative AI.

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The Importance of Teaching All Students About Tech Accessibility Features
Although many see accessibility features as solely for users with disabilities, a wide variety of students can benefit from them.
Tolulope Noah
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Mistakes I Used to Make in Digital Accessibility—and How to Fix Them
A former teacher shares how she unknowingly created digital content that was hard for students with disabilities to understand, and what to do instead.
Tolulope Noah
Special Education
Free Assistive Tech Tools That Support Academic Success
These no-cost resources provide tools that help students with disabilities achieve academic success.
Lusa Lo
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Easy Ways to Bring Assistive Technology Into Your Classroom
Free or low-cost tools can help all students—with and without learning differences—better access course content.
Jennifer Sullivan

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Guiding Students to Get Creative With Graphic Design Tools
The skills students develop designing anything from collages to brochures to demonstrate their learning will be useful in school, work, and personal life.
Mackensi Crenshaw
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Promoting Playful Learning With Technology
Mitchel Resnick—creator of Scratch and OctoStudio—shares how teachers can maximize students’ use of tech for creative purposes.
Daniel Leonard
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Getting Students to Use their Favorite Apps to Learn and Create
In schools, should we be empowering students to use their favorite digital tools to produce and engage with content? Research shows it can deliver surprising academic benefits.
Paige Tutt
Arts Integration
Teaching Students How to Make Movies to Document Their Learning
Using moviemaking as a form of engagement and assessment centers students’ voices.
Jessica Pack
Critical Thinking
Encouraging Exploration and Innovation in the Classroom
Small instructional shifts can guide students to use technology in ways that develop their critical thinking and creativity.
Rich Schiccatano

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How to Bring Computer Science to Your Elementary Classroom
Young students can learn to see themselves as creators through coding activities that spark curiosity and creativity.
Rich Schiccatano
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OctoStudio Teaches Children to Code by Tinkering
Giving children projects with low floors, high ceilings, and wide walls allows them to creatively explore the world around them.
Matthew Farber
Teaching Strategies
3 Low-Tech Ways to Teach Computer Science
If your school lacks the latest technology, your students can still learn computing through unplugged programming.
Allen Antoine
Technology Integration
How to Encourage Physical Computing in Elementary School
With simple coding options available, elementary school teachers can incorporate computer science across content areas.
Debra Jacoby

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Using Edtech in Service of Human Connections
Teachers and schools are reducing their reliance on digital tools to create more intentional and connected classroom experiences.
Andrew Boryga
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Overcoming Potential Risks of Student Tech Use
From social isolation to a mistaken belief that they can multitask, here are some of the risks that arise when students use digital tools—and what teachers can do to help.
Daniel Leonard
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Do I Need to Use Tech for That Lesson?
These tips for finding the right technology for your students, and knowing when to go screen free, can help support middle school students’ learning.
Kasey Short
Teacher Wellness
How to Set Better Boundaries With Technology
When teachers never get to unplug, their physical and mental health suffers. But school leaders can—and should—push back against always-on culture.

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Finding the Goldilocks Pace When Implementing Technology
Not too fast, not too slow: The speed at which we roll out tech in schools can make or break its use and sustainability in the long term.
T.J. Vari
Administration & Leadership
A 5-Step Plan for Encouraging Teachers to Implement Technology in Lessons
Making sure teachers are involved in implementing new technology can help them feel more comfortable with using it.
Victoria Thompson
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Teachers Want Hard Questions Asked Before Adding Tech
Districts can avoid common pitfalls in ed tech adoption by asking these critical questions before spending big money.
Andrew Boryga
ChatGPT & Generative AI
4 Simple Steps for Crafting a District AI Policy
School districts can create effective artificial intelligence policies that support academic honesty while embracing emerging technology.
Hedreich Nichols
ChatGPT & Generative AI
How School Leaders Can Pave the Way for Productive Use of AI
Leveraging technology to advance teaching and learning promotes a culture of inquiry at school.
Catlin Tucker

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