Integration

Integration

When you don't see technology integration
 * Come in a do technology with my kids. Doesn't matter what you do.
 * Laptops for note taking
 * Powerpoint as a lecture tool
 * Stand and Deliver teaching
 * Teacher only use of the technology
 * Technology is piled in a corner on one table, or dusty
 * Technology is treated as an add-on, additional assessments are required of the students before/after project

What does great integration look like? [|Article- It's Not about the Technology]
 * Technology is transparent, core/content curriculum is the focus
 * Not every student has to do the same thing (differentiation)
 * Students have the ability to choose the tools that they need to complete the work
 * Students have time and choice in the work that they are engaged in
 * Students are given a choice in the type of assessment
 * Focus on the process is as important/or more important than the product
 * Technology is used in smaller chunks throughout the year instead of one gigantic project

Integration Ideas > > Keynote part 1 http://blip.tv/file/1915026 > Keynote part2 http://blip.tv/file/1915215/
 * 1) Moodle- Use a forum to have a discussion about a hard concept. Teacher used an image and posted a prompt to get them thinking.
 * 2) Blog Page- Create a blog page to share artwork, allow people to comment on their art
 * 3) Webcam- use as a document camera- logitech camera
 * 4) Students create clips from their research, all the clips are assembled into a broadcast. Student can then watch the broadcast and take notes on the other clips.
 * 5) Wimba voice tools in moodle
 * 6) OAT Review- "clickers"- Are you Smarter than 5th Grader game
 * 7) Marzano Research: He has just completed a study of interactive white board technology (SMARTboards, Promethean, etc.) and student achievement. One focus of the study was using this particular technology to "up the ante" with formative assessment. I think you will really appreciate his findings. Below you will find 2 video clips of his keynote from the Computer-Using Educators conference (http://www.cue.org/conference/2009/keynote.) There will be a written report of his findings coming out soon.
 * 1) iMovie- Colonial research- show the cause and effect of a colonial event, plan script, film and edit, follow rubric
 * 2) Voice Thread- take still shots, record comments/video, research sites in Washington DC, prior to their trip, then they will record their experience
 * 3) Photobooth- Create a podcast to review ideas and facts

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