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Although a few years old, this article, entitled "When Technology Integration Goes to Math Class," addresses some still very relevant issues and positive outcomes from the integration of technology into the mainstream math classroom. The article touches on the reasons why teachers have been more hesitant to move to the constructivist approaches now readily seen in language arts, social studies, and in some cases science classrooms. The article features the author's first attempt at this type of teaching in math: a telecollaborative project entitled "Statisitics: A Curiosity Factor."

Teaching Today is a McGraw-Hill Company that features teaching tips, lesson plans, articles, and more. This particular article, "Beyond Podcasting Basics," features what can happen when teachers are able to move beyond the basics of podcasting: students who can produce more full-featured, professional products. This how-to article addresses the selection of sound equipment, recording tips, podcasting on a Mac, Windows podcasting, finding music for podcasts, and publishing a podcast.

In this article, the author describes a project where students in a 4th grade classroom complete Internet-based lessons about each region of the United States. They then use presentation tools like PowerPoint (which could now be Web 2.0 presentations tools, since this article was published in 2002) to create take-home reports to share with their parents. This artcile has some great ideas and insights into things that could be done differently the next time. Technology upgrades would also make the lessons more interesting, being that it is 2008.

This article talks about a project that was used in a social studies curriculum for 4 or 5th grade students where there is technology integrated into internet based lessons. They also use technology to prepare reports. The beginning gives a quick introduction about technology and the internet in schools today to prepare children for real-world situations. Then it goes into describing the project given to the students and how it affected them.

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This articles talks about how technology has helped with students with disabilities and educational benefits of software that has been created. It gives information about Web 2.0. The articles also talks about the benefits of blogging and how blogging is used in schools and also with writing assignments. Wikis are also mentioned describing how they can be used in the classroom to even boost self-esteem in students learning disabilities.

This website has a list of articles that pertain to how technology can help with the education of children, adults, and students wil disabilities. There are a list of 38 articles that deal with technology integration and help. Great resource!

Summary article explains need to integrate technology in education to create students ready for today and tomorrow's work world. Technology integration also needed to develop creative and critical thinkers able to collaborate with others locally or far away to create authentic products shared with interested audiences outside the classroom. Article also discusses value of portfolios for assessment.

Knols are articles that try (at the very least) to be definitive articles on a particular subject, eschewing the wikipedia model of everybody chipping in. Instead, readers rate each knol, so the good ones rise to the top.

This online book is a collection of articles that focuses on the Net Generation. The articles include "Technology and Learning Expectations of the Net Generation" and "Using Technology as a Leaning Toold, Not Just the Cool New Thing."

The article talks about approaches, integration,methods, findings, and challenges that a fourth-grade teacher had when using technology integrated with literacy instruction.

Interesting article on Technology integration looking at pedgogical beliefs.

LD OnLine is the leading website on learning disabilities, learning disorders and differences. This articles talks about using what technology you already own. How technology can takes an important role in students with disabilities.

This article also goes into how users use the information they find such as "fact checking," why they use the internet over other sources, and ways that they locate the information on the internet.

Article looking at tech integration into teaching practice.

This article, retrieved from "Tools for TEKS- Integrating Technology in the Classroom" site, goes into why teachers should harness many of the new powers available to them now that read/write web (Web 2.0) programs are so readily available. Now that students have cell phones and are constantly posting to blogs, wikis, and YouTube, the author argues that we as teachers should put these things to good use in the classroom. Cell phones, as well as other digital audio and visual recording devices, can be used to gather and later present information for class projects.

This is an interesting article, as it offers a counter-argument to technology integration in all facets of the school experience, as least in the early years. The author makes a good point about young children being over-exposed to computer generated stimuli at such an early age, and he postulates the problems that ensue because of it. He refers to the "erosion" of childhood for marketing/money making purposes that benefit technology companies. He doesn't think software should replace good, interactive teaching.

This lesson plan--sure to be popular!--asks students to participate in a debate on whether video games help with literacy, based on a NYTimes article by Motoko Rich. This lesson allows kids to be reflective and analyze the differences between media beyond the debate question itself.

This article points to the importance of proper teacher training and use of technology to garner student academic achievement. Students need to have the technology tools accessible to them to be sucessful. Test data needs to be collected (from programs like TestWiz) in order to identify learning strengths and weaknesses. Finally, the author states that it takes a "community of educators and a host of technology tools" to ensure students meet No Child Left Behind (NCLB) standards.

Explore the challenges and rewards of integrating technology into the classroom. This is part I of a two part article.