Integrating Technology day 2

Technology Integration as a Transforming Teaching Strategy
By Jerry Woodbridge. March 1, 2004
URL: http://www.techlearning.com/showArticle.php?articleID=17701367

The best information here was in the form of definitions and graphs explaining and graphically representing what good integration of technology looks like. It also takes the realistic and practical approach of looking at technology as a tool. Technology is used here as a way of keeping content current, interactive, and puts the learner in a problem solving role. Students, given the proper tools, motivation, and instruction can actually act as scientists and researchers who find real answers to current questions. Students can also formulate their own opinions and develop tools that communicate what they discovered.

"According to the NETS for Teachers (2002),Teaching in all settings should encompass student-centered learning approaches to learning. Students and teacher candidates must have the opportunities to identify problems, collect and analyze data, draw conclusions, and convey results using electronic tools to accomplish each task (p. 22)."

Above is one of the definitions. I wanted to include a graph but my PC doesn't have that cool snap-shot feature like a MAC. Feel free to link with the article to view it from the links provided above.

I would like to end this blog with the last bit of useful information from the article: Educational technology is something that goes beyond teacher education and in services. Technology integration is more of an on-going mentoring process. So, seek collaborative, and accountable relationships with other teachers and IT people, and use the definitions and graphs described in this article as your model.