Technology Integration

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Technology Integration

• A long and lonely road..

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Technology in Education

• Give technology to the teachers
• Makes teaching easier and more efficient
• Grades
• Attendance
• Lesson planning
• Online resources
• Tools
• Communication with parents, other educators,
  students

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Technology in Education

• Give technology to the students
• Programmed Educational Technology
• Packaged deals
• Structured drill and kill
• Sometimes curricular based
• Computer was teacher/student was fed
  information
• Little teacher involvement
• Little individual student differentiation

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Technology in Education

• Give technology to the students
• Technology as a tool to enhance curriculum
• Teacher and students engaged with learning and
  technology
• Integrated approach to technology and curriculum
• Allows for individuality/differentiation

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Lesson Ideas

• Think about your objectives
• What computer functions can enhance those
  objectives?
• Analyze spreadsheet/web browser
• Identify database
• Design draw
• Compare/contrast database
• Justify word processing
• Prioritize spreadsheet
• Reconstruct - presentation

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Word Processing Ideas

• -Use to analyze vocabulary by making
  table of words/definition/illustration
• -Rewrite documents such as Bill of Rights using
  thesaurus to lower readability level
• -Write persuasive letters to officials about
  current events, environmental issues, or
  legislation
• -Use track changes tool to edit other student
  work

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Spreadsheet Ideas

• Plot precipitation patterns
• Compare adjective and adverb count of first 300
  words of a fiction and nonfiction book
• Compare earthquake patterns in different parts of
  world
• Calculate square footage a building/room
• Create a budget for a project
• Plot a crop yield

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Database ideas

• Compare digestive systems of various organisms
• Analyze trends in volcano eruptions over time and
  geographical location
• Investigate authors/book genres/theme
• Recommend political candidates by
  comparing/analyzing past officer holder traits

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Presentation Ideas

• Create a virtual ride to the center of the earth
• Give a tour of a European country via postcards
• Show tesselations
• Use graphics to show various types of symmetry
• Explain the water cycle

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Other ideas

• Email assignments to students
• Use links for web based activities in School
  Wires site
• Notes online
• Textbooks online
• Blogs and/or wikis for reflective journals or
  peer tutoring
• Discourse

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Using the internet to integrate technology

• Open Internet Explorer
• Tahquamenon Area Schools homepage
• Newberry Middle School
• Staff Cossondra George
• Left side bar
• Tech scavenger hunt

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CONNECTED TECH

• Primarily for elementary and middle grades some
  lessons are adaptable for high school
• Use the Connected Tech icon on your desktop
• You will need to first create an account by
  activating your subscription.
• Use the following passcode
• ctc22675342