Four Barriers

When creating infused technology lessons for my classroom, there are four barriers that I face that make the infusion of the technology difficult.  The first barrier that I face is the variety of levels of learning within each student.  My classroom has students who are below grade level, on grade level, and ones that are GT.  It becomes difficult to find apps and programs that not only meets the needs of all my students, but also challenges them to think at a higher level of learning.  The next barrier that makes the infusion of technology more difficult is the behavior challenges that we face on a day to day basis.  Some days are more challenging than others which can make it impossible to have any technology in the classroom due to over excitement or frustration from the students.  Another barrier that I face is to find the time to sit down and learn all the new apps and programs.  I am not very tech savvy to begin with and find it difficult to teach myself new programs.  The last barrier that I face when infusing technology into my lesson plans, is making sure that it will appeal to all my students.  My students struggle with being creative and having enough stamina to publish a finished product.  If it doesn’t appeal to them, then they will refuse to even try it.