{"id":146,"date":"2024-05-01T10:40:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T17:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/educationaltech\/?p=146"},"modified":"2025-09-13T10:41:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T17:41:21","slug":"picrat-model-for-effective-technology-integration-in-teaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/educationaltech\/picrat-model-for-effective-technology-integration-in-teaching\/","title":{"rendered":"PICRAT Model for Effective Technology Integration in Teaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-21b4a6ffc4606eb1b7b8\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\" data-block-type=\"2\" data-border-radii=\"{&quot;topLeft&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:0.0},&quot;topRight&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:0.0},&quot;bottomLeft&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:0.0},&quot;bottomRight&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:0.0}}\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1714585154844_504\" class=\"sqs-block-content\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1714585154844_503\" class=\"sqs-html-content\">\n<p id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1714585154844_502\" class=\"\">While discussing the viability of a one-to-one device program in classrooms, a classmate shared a video that was helpful for effective technology integration in the classroom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PICRAT for Effective Technology Integration in Teaching\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bfvuG620Bto?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_1_1688310286173_5072\" class=\"sqs-block video-block sqs-block-video\" style=\"position: relative; height: auto; padding: 17px; outline: none; clear: both; color: #111111; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.664px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-block-json=\"{&quot;blockAnimation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;layout&quot;:&quot;caption-hidden&quot;,&quot;overlay&quot;:false,&quot;description&quot;:{},&quot;hSize&quot;:null,&quot;floatDir&quot;:null,&quot;isOldBlock&quot;:false,&quot;html&quot;:&quot;&lt;iframe width=\\&quot;200\\&quot; height=\\&quot;113\\&quot; src=\\&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bfvuG620Bto?feature=oembed\\&quot; frameborder=\\&quot;0\\&quot; allow=\\&quot;accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\\&quot; allowfullscreen title=\\&quot;PICRAT for Effective Technology Integration in Teaching\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/youtu.be\/bfvuG620Bto&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:200,&quot;height&quot;:113,&quot;providerName&quot;:&quot;YouTube&quot;,&quot;thumbnailUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/bfvuG620Bto\/hqdefault.jpg&quot;,&quot;resolvedBy&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;}\" data-block-type=\"32\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1714585154844_324\" class=\"sqs-block-content\">\n<div class=\"intrinsic\">\n<div class=\"embed-block-wrapper \">\n<div id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1714585154844_331\" class=\"sqs-video-wrapper video-none\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 488.406px; height: 275.945px;\" data-provider-name=\"YouTube\" data-html=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;200&quot; height=&quot;113&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bfvuG620Bto?feature=oembed&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allow=&quot;accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share&quot; allowfullscreen title=&quot;PICRAT for Effective Technology Integration in Teaching&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\">\n<div class=\"intrinsic\">\n<div class=\"intrinsic-inner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_1_1688310286173_7255\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\" data-block-type=\"2\" data-border-radii=\"{&quot;topLeft&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:0.0},&quot;topRight&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:0.0},&quot;bottomLeft&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:0.0},&quot;bottomRight&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:0.0}}\">\n<div class=\"sqs-block-content\">\n<div class=\"sqs-html-content\">\n<p class=\"\">This video gives a brief overview of the PICRAT model for effective technology integration. Building off of the RAT model created by Hughes, Thomas, &amp; Scharber (2006), PICRAT guides teachers in asking two fundamental questions related to technology and teaching:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong><em>1. How is using the technology influencing my practice?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong><em>2. What are my students doing in or through the technology?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">By answering these questions, teachers can consider more effective ways of using technology to support their students&#8217; learning.<\/p>\n<h4>Students&#8217; Relationship to Technology<\/h4>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Passive<\/strong> &#8211; Students are relatively inactive receivers of information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Interactive<\/strong> &#8211; Students receive information and have some means of responding to it. Through manipulation of information, they can begin to scaffold the information into existing knowledge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Creative<\/strong> &#8211; Students are creating learning products that represent a significant synthesis of new information.<\/p>\n<h4>Teacher&#8217;s Use of Technology<\/h4>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Replaces<\/strong> &#8211; The lesson technology simply serves as a layer of convenience or cosmetic improvement, but does not fundamentally change the nature of the lesson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Amplifies<\/strong> &#8211; Technology adds elements to the lesson not easily achieved with traditional classroom methods.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Transforms<\/strong> &#8211; In the absence of the technology, the lesson would be impossible to present to students. It is intimately integrated into the experience of the lesson.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_1_1688310286173_7697\" class=\"sqs-block horizontalrule-block sqs-block-horizontalrule\" data-block-type=\"47\">\n<div class=\"sqs-block-content\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_1_1688310286173_6368\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\" data-block-type=\"2\" data-border-radii=\"{&quot;topLeft&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:0.0},&quot;topRight&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:0.0},&quot;bottomLeft&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:0.0},&quot;bottomRight&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:0.0}}\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1714585154844_512\" class=\"sqs-block-content\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1714585154844_511\" class=\"sqs-html-content\">\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Reference:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1714585154844_510\" class=\"\">Royce Kimmons. (2016, April 26). <em>PICRAT for Effective Technology Integration in Teaching<\/em> [Video]. YouTube. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bfvuG620Bto\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/bfvuG620Bto<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While discussing the viability of a one-to-one device program in classrooms, a classmate shared a video that was helpful for effective technology integration in the classroom. This video gives a brief overview of the PICRAT model for effective technology integration. Building off of the RAT model created by Hughes, Thomas,&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/educationaltech\/picrat-model-for-effective-technology-integration-in-teaching\/\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">PICRAT Model for Effective Technology Integration in Teaching<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":100070,"featured_media":147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-toolbox","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/educationaltech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/educationaltech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/educationaltech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/educationaltech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/100070"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/educationaltech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/educationaltech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":168,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/educationaltech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions\/168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/educationaltech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/educationaltech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/educationaltech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/educationaltech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}