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Technology Integration in Education

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Core Strategy: Technology Integration

Why Integrate Technology into the Curriculum?

Effective technology integration is achieved when its use supports curricular goals. It must support four key components of learning: active engagement, participation in groups, frequent interaction and feedback, and connection to real-world experts.
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VIDEO: An Introduction to Technology Integration (2-minute video)

VIDEO: A Commitment to High Tech (9-minute video)

Real-Life Examples

  • Students in an editing room.

    Creating presentations about family heritage.
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    An illustration of students at desks with a fiber optics background.

    21st-century tech for 21st-century schools.
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    Teacher helping a boy with a video camera.

    Making every day a technology day.
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  • Illustration of a sillouette of a boy with a laptop and cell phone.

    Connect with the iKid.
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    A girl in a wheelchair playing soccer with classmates.

    Assistive technology makes the difference.
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    Illustration of two people talking through computers.

    Collaborate with international colleagues.
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  • Illustration of a man saying, blah, blah, blog

    Take your class to the Internet with a blog.
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    Marco Torres with students.

    Empowering students through multimedia.
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    A computer mouse attached to a stack of books.

    Harness tech to improve teaching and learning.
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