Different ways technology can be integrated into learning are listed and described by Howland, Jonassen, and Marra (2012)

Inquiry (e.g. a web quest (Search engines), using a mobile to collect data)
Experimenting (e.g. Simulations, virtual worlds)
Designing (e.g. graphics design, 3D modelling, CAD, Scratch/BYOB, Music)
Communicating (e.g. Discussion boards, instant messaging, online presentations (Slide-share, Google presentations), interactive whiteboards, Pod-casting, vodcasting (video-casting (Adobe connect))
Community building and collaborating (e.g. wikis, Moodle, Google docs)
Writing (e.g. Concept mapping, Blogging, Collaborative writing (Google docs))
Modelling (e.g. Spreadsheets (Break even analysis), Databases
Visualizing (e.g. Drawing/Paint programs, simulators (3D models), Graphical information systems (Google earth), Digital images (Still & video))
Assessing (e.g. electronic portfolios, online quizzes, Google forms, Voting systems (clickers, in Adobe connect), individualized tests (change based on responses).

In my opinion, the most memorable method is communicating. Communicating using discussion boards, instant messaging, online presentations (Slide-share, Google presentations), interactive whiteboards, Pod-casting, vodcasting (video-casting (Adobe connect)), is the best method but that does not mean that other methods are not important. Every above mentioned method carries its own importance in the process of education.

For example, Inquiry is the basic tool for any research. Designing and modelling being the methods to collaborate all the researched data into meaningful, relevant communicable information. Writing and communication are the method to record and shared the gained knowledge/information. Last but not the least assessing to judge the quality of learning process by assessing the retaining ratio of the knowledge/information gained and processed.

Sometimes technology also can be a barrier in the process of learning. The most common barriers to technology integration are time, training, resources, and support. Teachers need time to learn how to use the hardware and software, time to plan, and time to collaborate with other teachers. And technologies don’t integrate overnight it takes a lot of time, effort and co-ordination among all the teachers involved in the process. Lack of resources like computers, ipad, laptops, and smart phones also present a problem to efficient learning and teaching process. Without computers in the classroom or at the user end (at students home) or appropriate software to support the planned layout of the course, technology integration cannot take place efficiently. Lack of leadership, financial support, or an on-site technology expert sends any technology integration efforts for a ride. Often ignored barrier is change. When teachers change according to the change in technology, there are two major ways that teachers are asked to change. Firstly, they are asked to adapt the new teaching tools such as the computer, online presentations (Slide-share, Google presentations), interactive whiteboards, Pod-casting, vodcasting (video-casting (Adobe connect), which is different from the classroom tools many currently use such as the chalkboard, overhead projector, or television which are still preferred by majority of teachers in spite of availability of the technology. Second, teachers are asked to change the way they teach their students (pedagogy), which may include changing the role they play in the classroom and the way their classrooms are physically arranged, using blended way of imparting the knowledge. (Dias, 1999)