[MUSIC] >> Welcome, newbie. Come in, I've been expecting you. I'd ask you to sit down, but I know you won't. [SOUND] So, tell me why you think you've come to see me? >> Well to learn how to use technology in my classroom I guess. >> Guess? You mean you don't know? Hasn't the morphologist taught you anything? >> Okay. [SOUND] >> I've come to learn how to make technology fit my objectives. >> That's a little better. [SOUND] But what you want is impossible. You can't think of it in terms of making technology conform to your objectives. >> Wait, what? But all this time, the morphologist has been telling me that I should start with my objectives and choose technology to fit my objectives. >> And he is right, that is only part of the picture. Try not to think of it as making technology fit your objectives. Instead, think of it as using what you know about technology and what it can do to help you choose technology that will help you achieve your objectives. You cannot change technology to get what you want. You can use technology in innovative ways and combine several technologies to create learning activities that your students will enjoy and be engaged in. [SOUND] >> Okay, okay that makes sense. So, I consider my objectives and then I look for ways to use technology to achieve my objectives? Seems simple enough. >> Maybe you're not as bright as we thought you were. I can see why the morphologist has had so much trouble. [SOUND] It may seem simple, but there are a lot of components all coming together in a synergistic way in an effective technology transform lesson. It's not just about your objectives and finding ways to use technology to achieve them. You must also consider the topic you're planning to teach, and what technology works best with that content. Then, you have to consider how to teach the content, what pedagogical methods you plan to use, and what technology works best with those pedagogical methods. It is the combination of these three that result in technology-based learning activities that engage students and increase learning. >> Wow, wow, that seems like a lot. How can I be certain I'm doing it correctly? >> Take this pencil, for example. An old version of technology is still quite useful. Can you tell where the pencil ends and you begin? >> Well, sure. Right here. >> How about now? >> What the, this is freaky. Make it stop. >> Don't you see, you are the pencil. >> I am the pencil? >> In a very real way there is no pencil and there is no you. There is just the results, the learning, you and the pencil have become one. >> You mean technology? I've become one with technology? Is that what you mean? >> I mean there's no distinction between you, your lesson, and the technology you wish to use. It can all be combined into one. [SOUND] [MUSIC]