Resources for Technology Integration
Free materials, downloads, tools, and suggested readings to better understand technology integration.
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Go to My Saved Content.In this section, you will find materials and resources for teaching about how to successfully integrate technology into the classroom, whether you are conducting a two-hour session or class or can spend a day or two on the topic.
We believe you will find much here from which you can build a set of experiences tailored to class participants for the purpose of exploring technology integration:
SUGGESTED READINGS AND VIEWINGS
More Edutopia.org Resources on Technology Integration:
- Edutopia's Technology Integration Core Strategy page
- Video: An Introduction to Technology Integration
- Schools That Work Package: Project Learning Meets 1-to-1 Laptop Technology in Maine
- Article: "Technology Integration: What Experts Say"
- Resource Roundup: Digital Learning Day Resources
- Article: "Technology Tools to Get Teachers Started"
- Schools That Work Package: Online Learning in Idaho
- Article: "Technology Integration for Elementary Schools"
- Video: Schools Use Games for Learning and Assessment
- Resource Roundup: Digital Citizenship and Cyberbullying
- Technology Bloggers: Nicholas Provenzano (General), Mary Beth Hertz (Elementary), and Andrew Marcinek (High School)
Top Edutopia.org Case Study Videos on Technology Integration:
Lower Elementary
- Students Get a Wired Education Mary Scroggs Elementary School in Chapel Hill, NC
- Kids Pilot Their Own Learning with Technology at Auburn Early Education Center in Auburn, AL
Upper Elementary
- Tech-Fueled Differentiated Instruction Engages Students at Forest Lake Elementary, in Columbia, SC
- Kids Monitor the Terrain with Tech at Hughes Elementary School in Red Lake Falls, MN
- Using Today's Technology Tools to Study Yesterday's at Ferryway School in Malden, MA
Middle School
- One-to-one Laptop Integration with PBL at King Middle School in Portland, ME
- EAST: Tech Inspires Self-Directed Learning at Horace Mann Magnet Middle School in Little Rock, AR
- Digital Media Empower Youth at the DIgital Youth Network in Chicago, IL
High School
- Transformed by Technology at High Tech High, San Diego, CA
- Harness Students' Digital Smarts at Westwood Schools in Camilla, GA
- A Commitment to High Tech Education at Harrison Central High School, in Gulfport, MI
- Tech in Real Life: Students See Devices as Tools, Not Toys at Clearfield High School in Clearfield, UT
Additional Resources Elsewhere on the Web:
Organizations
- International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
- Center for Children and Technology
- Department of Education Office of Educational Technology
- National Association for Media Literacy Education
- Global SchoolNet Foundation
- The Joan Ganz Cooney Center
- Oracle Education Foundation
- The Education Arcade at MIT
- Partnership for 21st Century Skills
- Center for Technology in Learning
Research and Readings
- National Education Technology Plan 2010
- Take a Giant Step: A Blueprint for Teaching Young Children in a Digital Age from The Cooney Center
- Integrating Technology with Student Centered Learning from The Nellie Mae Education Foundation
- Using the Technology of Today in the Classroom Today (PDF) from The Education Arcade
- Cyberlearning Research Summit 2012
Guidelines and Tools
- The SAMR Model of Technology Integration (by Dr. Ruben Puentudura)
- The TPACK Model of Technology Integration
- Best Websites for Teaching and Learning from The American Association of School Librarians
- Top 100 Tools for Learning, a crowdsourced list from the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies
- Khan Academy Educational Video Library (Watch Edutopia's interview with founder Sal Khan)
- EDSITEment: The Best of the Humanities on the Web from the National Endowment for the Humanities
- National Science Digital Library
- iEARN (International Education and Resource Network)
- CK-12 Flexbooks Digital Library
- The National Archives' Digital Classroom
- WebQuest.org from San Diego State University Department of Educational Technology
- Cyberbee Curriculum Ideas for using the internet in the classroom
This guide is organized into six sections:
- Introduction
- Why Integrate Technology?
- What Is Tech Integration?
- How to Integrate Technology
- Workshop Activities
- Resources for Tech Integration