Technology & Curriculum Integration

The goal of technology integration is to use technology seamlessly so that the technology itself becomes a transparent and integral tool to teach core curriculum.

When computers and software are used so that students have new methods of learning curriculum, these tools can promote and enhance students’ understanding of content in powerful ways. They can find information, collaborate with others and use images and sound as well as text to communicate what they have learned.

At the heart of educators’ work is instilling a love of learning in students. Those who enjoy learning and who know how to keep learning will be prepared for a future in which nothing is certain and the norm is change.

The pursuit of knowledge has never been as exciting as it is today. Computers, the Internet, accessibility to hundreds of thousands of databases all over the world, and the ability to learn in a mobile environment allow us all to participate in a new paradigm of technology-enabled education.

New technologies enhance our ability to create new ideas, make discoveries, prove our theories, test our knowledge and realize our dreams like never before. School districts will need Intelligent, connected, devices and environments and adaptive, pervasive IT infrastructures.

With them, schools can:
•    Offer a choice of learning styles and formats
•    Support lifelong learning
•    Enable mobility for more flexible learning
•    Empower collaboration for research and sharing of best practices
•    Build for ongoing change
•    Support digital content and services
 

  • Articles

    Introduction to Digital Video

    Today, the tools for producing excellent short films are affordable and easy to use. Those tools can empower students of almost any age to produce personal masterpieces—complete with the look and sound of Hollywood productions. It's also a snap to share the finished product on DVD, the web, and virtually anywhere else.

  • Using Wikis as Electronic Portfolios

    Students moved from manila folders to electronic portfolios and learned to reflect on what and how they had learned in the process. Each week, they conducted discussions using guiding questions.

  • The New Literacy

    A fundamental question for everyone involved in education is what do students really need to be learning today in order to be ready for an unpredictable future? Here are some answers.

  • Math Scores Grow in Gloucester City Public Schools

    Using notebooks and interactive whiteboards created a big change that increased students' capacity for understanding.

  • Gaming Technology Speaks Students' Language: Makes Learning Math as Easy as 6 + (4W) - 6 = 24

    How do educators capture student’s interest and teach them in a way that's relevant to them in today's technology rich world?

Teaching and Learning

Because living and working are so different now from even a decade or two ago and because things will continue to change, today’s students need new skills to survive and thrive in the future.

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Professional Development

For technology integration to be effective, educators need to learn how to use and integrate it successfully. The stages are planning, implementing, and maintaining a robust strategy.

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Case Studies

What makes a difference in deciding on what technologies to use and how and when to use them is evidence that they work. Case studies that demonstrate effective use of technology and show results provide information about what could work for us.

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