Diane Judd Educational Technology Integrating Technology into Your Curriculum

Diane L. Judd, Ph. D.

Early Childhood & Reading

College of Education

Valdosta State University

1. Have an Interesting Title

The Why & How of Integrating Technology into Your Curriculum

2. Sub-title Information: Designed
by with class grade level

TopicQuest Designed by Diane Judd for
ECED 3000 Class

3. Main Picture under sub-title

4.Introduction that sparks
interests and gives some background information.

Introduction to Integrating Educational Technology

As teachers, we are always seeking ways to improve our teaching. Today we have the opportunity to use technology as a tool in our teaching strategies. To increase the effectiveness of teaching and learning, it would be helpful to understand the learning processes of students while using technology.

5. Describe each link with 2-3 sentences. Include ten links for your topic that are appropriate for your students. One to two of your informational sites should link
to an online encyclopedia.

1. Are your students ready for the "informational age" and the "computer world"? The online article, Computer Skills for Information Problem-Solving: Learning and Teaching Technology in Context, by Michael B. Eisenberg and Doug Johnson provides technology information to assist teachers to prepare their students for the future.

6. Describe your Scenario Mission and include a link that provides the information needed to successfully achieve the Scenario Mission.

Your Scenario Mission

It is important to you, as a teacher, to be on the cutting edge of teaching and learning. You have decided to integrate technology into your curriculum. You have located a small group of teachers that would like to write with you a short article titled, "The Why and How of Integrating Technology into Your Curriculum."

Your group has decided to include in the article, the main concepts of the information website and how it relates to students and integrating technology into the curriculum. Each teacher would like to describe how they will use the information with their students and in their curriculum. There are several articles with information, but your grouop selected the article, Computer Skills for Information Problem-Solving: Learning and Teaching Technology in Context.

7. Steps to guide students through each Scenario Mission Activity

Steps to Complete Your Mission Scenario 1. Read and discuss the group selected informational website, Computer Skills for Information Problem-Solving: Learning and Teaching Technology in Context.
2. Together with your group discuss the information in the website, Then collaboratively write using MS Word your article about the main concepts of the informational website and how it relates to students and integrating technology into the curriculum.
3. After completing step 2, each teacher writes several examples of how he/she will use the information with his/her students and curriculum.
4. The information from all the teachers in the group will be added to the article and saved on a disk.
5. The article will be shared and discussed with peers in the class.
6. Each person in the group will publish the completed article on the Internet.

8. Table with links to your Class Page, E-mail, and Topic Pages

Judd's Home Page

djudd@valdosta.edu

Over 200 Topic Pages

Helpful Links
    1. TopicQuest examples from ECED 7430 class
    2. Preservice Teachers' Topic Pages
    3.TopicQuest Assignment Evaluation Page

Example of a Scenario Mission: Scenario Mission

You are a reporter for The National Weekly Reader. The editor, your boss, has given you a special assignment. You get to ride the "Time Capsule" back to the Ages of the Dinosaurs.

Your editor wants you to tell about your trip and report on 2 dinosaur time periods for your article. You will need to describe the 2 dinosaur periods and compare their types of dinosaurs and environments.

In addition, your editor wants you to draw a picture of each of the dinosaur periods to put with your article in The National Weekly Reader.

The TopicQuest Page has some links you might want to stop at in your Time Capsule for dinosaur information. The Dinosaur Worlds website tells about dinosaurs during different periods of time.

Have a Good Trip!

Mission Steps

1. Explore with your teacher Dinosaur Worlds for information to write article and draw pictures for The National Weekly Reader.

2. Write or describe to your teacher 2 dinosaur periods and compare their types of dinosaurs and environments for your article.

3. Add the drawings of the 2 dinosaur periods to your article.

4. Give your article and drawings to your teacher to scan and publish on the Internet.