When I began teaching, the rules were pretty simple: if you broke the technology rules, you couldn’t use the technology. If your school is going to encourage the intentional use of technology in the classroom, you need to modernize your approach to addressing the misuse of technology. Does your school have Chromebook administrator settings in place to address off-task and disruptive technology use? If you use Chromebooks in your classroom, it is inevitable that a student is going to push the limits of what is acceptable. “…it is very hard to teach using the Chromebook and at the same time, monitor what each student is actually doing on the Chromebook.” “My biggest concern is the lack of responsibility by the students in using school supplied technology.” “I have a hard time getting my students to see technology as a resource and not using it as a crutch or a “cheater” tool.”

Many of them cited classroom management as their biggest challenge. I asked more than 400 teachers to share their biggest challenge to using more technology in the classroom. Here’s the truth: while technology can open up awesome learning possibilities, it also introduces new forms of distraction and off-task behavior. Using technology as curriculum opens up lots of new opportunities, and quite a few new challenges.

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