Resources for Technology Integration

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