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1. Focus teacher training on technology integration strategies rather than on how various technologies work Allow teachers to look at good classroom tested ex amples of integration strategies in many content areas Give preservice inservice teachers and teacher edu cators good models for how to use technology resources e g multimedia spreadsheets the Internet Help teachers find specific technology integration strategies to meet their classroom needs Who Can Use This Product Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum is useful for Classroom teachers looking for resources and lesson ideas Teacher educators and trainers showing examples of technology integration in various content areas Inservice preservice teachers learning how to use databases How Can It Be Used This database could supplement and enhance any teacher training course or workshop or it could be useful to teach ers in classrooms Activities that could be done with it in clude the following WY CD ROM USER MANUAL Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum Locating an idea to meet a certain need Teachers can use it to answer questions such as Can technol ogy be used to support teaching writing in an interdis ciplinary way or What are some good examples of using spreadsheets in mathematics Illustrating technology integration strategies for various resources Have students ask How can word proce2. NONAILIA_USODIN GAG Of I UA O 2L AM FAY Uz4 l 2 Part I Introduction What Is the Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum Database Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum is a collection of over 500 technology integration ideas stored in a com puter program called a database Database programs let people put information into the computer in such a way that it is easy to get out only those items of information that meet a certain need For example a teacher may want lesson ideas that use multimedia hypermedia at elementary levels Rather than reading each lesson to find those that meet this particu lar need the teacher simply tells the database to list only those lessons that use multimedia with Grades K 5 Classroom tested technology integration examples have been published in many formats e g articles books on the Web Lessons were gleaned from several of these sources They were summarized and placed on a database developed with FileMaker Pro software Why Was This Collection Developed This collection of lesson ideas was developed to promote and support the integration of technology into teaching in content areas such as mathematics science and language arts These technology integration strategies or descrip tions of when where and how to use technology to help teach school topics help schools take advantage of tech nology s power and potential in several ways They help
3. NONTZILIA_USODIN GAG Of I UA O JL AM raye UTL AD ar CD ROM USER MANUAL Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum A Database of Strategies and Lesson Ideas Items on the CD ROM Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum This database of over 500 technology integration lesson ideas and strategies was prepared with the FileMaker Pro database program The database was stored as a runtime version so that the program itself is not needed to use it Adobe Acrobat Reader Information Software is included to allow this User Manual to be printed out so multiple copies of it can be made Once the entire folder is loaded onto your hard drive clicking on the User Manual file automatically brings up the file in the Adobe Acrobat reader Acknowledgments Thomas Edison said Success is 10 inspiration and 90 perspiration I must express my thanks to those who contributed some of the 90 on this product At the top of the list are the fiercely competent professionals at Merrill Debbie Stollenwerk continues to be my role model mentor and friend as well as my editor Editors Kim Lundy and JoEllen Gohr are studies in professionalism and perseverance Dan Parker is as affable a person as he is a technical whiz Finally and as always most important my debt is to my husband Bill Wiencke and my daughter Paige Not only couldn t I have done it without them I would never want to try AY LT l l
4. ph omame _ ISTE NETS S 3 Technology productivity tools Students use technology tools to enhance learning increase productivity and promote creativity Students use productivity tools to collaborate in constructing technology enhanced models prepare publications and practice other creative works 5 Technology research tools Students use technology tools to process data and report results INSTA SCIENCE STANDARDS FOR GRADES K 4 SCIENCE AS INQUIRY Employ simple equipment and tools to gather data and extend the senses Communicate investigations and explanations INSTA SCIENCE STANDARDS FOR GRADES 5 38 Back to Main Page Mew Lesson keas lt previous lesson nextlesson gt Find Lesson idea Add Lesson idea NONAILIA_USODIN GAG Of I UA O JA AM raye Yz z3 AD ar CD ROM USER MANUAL Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum I Page 2 Descriptors that define the lesson plan charac teristics see a list of all descriptors in Figure 1 Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum Pearson Education Inc View Lesson Idea View Lesson Idea Objectives iddle School Multimedia Biome Project gt Lesson Descriptors cience Lesson Directions colog permediaMMultimedia Format aids collaborative cooperative group Associated Graphics Source Information 4 previous lesson nextlesson gt Duplicate and Modify Delete Lesson Idea Back to Main Page Wew Lesson keas Find Lesson id
5. Add Lesson kiea mE Page 4 Many plans also have associated graphics e g diagrams photos or screens of example prod ucts Pearson Education Inc Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum View Lesson Idea Lesson tithe View Lesson Idea A Multimedia Biome Project roms Figure 1 Biome Project Checklist a Figure 2 Example Maps Showing Biome Locations Figure 3 Example Graph of Rainfall Data from Biome e Source Infomation lt 4 previous lesson nextlesson gt Duplicate and Modify Delete Lesson Idea Back to Main Page Wes Lesson ideas Find Lesson idea Add Lesson idea Page 4 continued Click on one of the graphics in the list a page with the image appears Sometimes the size of the computer screen makes these images too small to see clearly on the monitor In these cases it is necessary to print the image and look at the paper copy dk a Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum Pearson Education Inc Image database Lesson kiea Tite A Multimedia Biome Project image Title Figure 2 Example Maps Showing Biome Locations 2 Example Maps Showing Biome Locations his is a map showing where the nan ta gt m Back to Main Page Wes Lesson keas Find Lesson Kea Page 5 Author name s bibliographic source and site of field tests if any Pearson Education Inc Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum View Lesson Idea Lesson tithe View Lesson Idea A Multimedia
6. Drive Copy PLEASE NOTE To protect the copyright on this prod uct we have limited the number of times you can copy it on to your hard drive Once the database is on your hard drive it is very easy to change it even unintentionally For example if you high light one of the Descriptor fields the one you highlight will take the place of the ones that came with the database However if the copy on the hard drive becomes damaged or you change it unintentionally and want to re install it you may do so only a limited number of times That is why it is a good idea to protect the copy on your hard drive and make sure you don t make changes unintentionally by do ing the following Macintosh version Once the file is on your hard drive and before you run the program click once on the file name to highlight it Then press Open Apple I The box shown here will appear To lock the file click on the option at the bottom left lessonda fp5 Info lessondafp5 Show General information Kind Integrating Technology document Size 7 6 MB on disk 8 047 616 bytes Where Macintosh HD Merrill CD ROM Database Created Ved Nov 18 1998 10 10AM Modified Fri Apr 19 2002 4 29 PM Yersion n a Label None b Comments VM Locked k Stationery Pad When you want to add or modify lesson ideas you can bring this box up again and unlock the file by clicking the same option Windows versions
7. Biome Project Source Bennett N and Diener K 1997 Habits of mind Learning and a Leading with Technology 24 6 18 21 Associated Graphics gt Source Information previous lesson nextlesson gt Duplicate and Modify Delete Lesson Idea Back to Wan Page Wes Lesson keas Find Lesson idea Add Lesson Mea Part Ill How to Use the Database How to Start the Program The database may be opened and used directly from the CD or it may be moved to the hard drive first and used from there Use from the hard drive is required if you want to add to or modify the lessons To use from the CD in the Macintosh platform Insert the CD Open the Macintosh folder and double click the Les son icon to load the database file To use from the CD in Windows 95 98 2000 NT and XP platforms Insert the CD Double click My Computer Select the CD drive Open the Windows folder Double click the Lesson icon to load the database file To use on your hard drive If you want to modify lessons or add your own les sons you must move the database to your own hard drive You cannot store anything on the CD ROM Insert the CD NONAILIA_USODIN GAG O 2 UA O JA AM raye Y7Q 1 0 Follow your system procedures for moving the les son and art files over to your hard drive Usually this means dragging the files from the CD to your hard drive window How to Protect the Hard
8. Lesson Descriptors dk a Page 3 describes lesson activities and assessments Lesson Directions Page 4 shows images associated with the lesson Associated Graphics Page 5 gives reference information on where the les son was obtained Source Information Find lesson plan Each lesson is stored with a set of de scriptors or labels that describe the contents and let teach ers locate lessons that meet their needs For example one descriptor is Grade Levels the grade levels the lesson ad dresses another is Technologies See a listing of de scriptors in Figure Teachers also can locate lesson entries by keywords For example type in butterflies in the D1 rections field to see if there are any lessons on butterflies Add lesson plan This option lets teachers enter their own descriptors and lesson activities to describe a new lesson and add it to the collection Other options such as printing lessons and duplicating lessons may be selected from later screens See directions for how to use Find Add and Other Options under Part II of this manual Anatomy of a Typical Lesson Five screens make up the skeleton or underlying struc ture of the database m Page 1 Lesson plan objectives and national content area standards the plan addresses Pearson Education Inc Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum View Lesson Idea 4 Multimedia Biome Project i
9. Once the file is on your hard drive and before you run the program right click once on the file name and select the Properties option from the box AD ar CD ROM USER MANUAL Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum Under General options select Read only As with Mac versions you can unlock the file when you want to add lesson ideas to the database or modify them How to Find Lesson Ideas by Browsing through Titles From the main screen clicking View Lesson Idea gives you a list of lesson titles through which you can scroll Pearson Education Inc Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum View Lesson Idea 4 Bomb is Dropped and Lives are Changed 4 Bottle Project for Learning About Graphs 4 Capital Idea Problem Solving with Jasper Woodbury 4 Chess Club by E mail 4 Class Literary Paper 4 Computer Activity for Exploring Number Patterns 4 Cooperative Group World Living Project 4 Database Journal for Mathematics A Database Project with Rocks 4 Dinosaur Project 4 Fortune in Word Processing A Hypertext Study of the Fall of Communism 4 KidsMall Project A Multimedia Biome Project A Multimedia Driver s Study Guide for LD Students 4 Native American Database 4 Newsworthy Journey Otte bhi Back to Main Page Wew Lesson Kieas Find Lesson kiea When you want to see more detail on a lesson click once on the title to see its Objectives page Click on one of the other tabs
10. at ap proach Have each group present its lesson to the class ex plaining why the technology resource they used contributed significantly to teaching poetry Example Activity 2 How is the Internet being used With the whole class do a criteria search on lessons using Internet in the Technologies field After each student reads the lessons and reviews uses of the Internet hold a class discussion on the ways the Internet is being used and how it is contributing to learning Divide the class into small groups have them develop their own lessons using the Internet and present them to the class Example Activity 3 Develop a good lesson Have the class form small groups and select a technology resource such as word processing or multimedia Have them search for and review lessons that use this resource and develop a good lesson of their own to add to the database It must specify all required descriptors and detailed directions Have groups present their lessons to the class Example Applications for Pre K 12 Teachers Inservice teachers can use this collection as a source of ideas for how to use technology to teach various topics and content area standards Some example uses follow Example Activity 4 Collaborative projects An area that is seeing great emphasis in recent years is teaching stu dents how to work cooperatively to develop products and solve problems Teachers can locate examples of how to do this effectively by d
11. d Modify from the View screen to make a copy of an existing lesson Make changes to it as desired Remember to change the title otherwise the lesson will have the old title with the word copy after it The program will save the new lesson to your hard drive automatically Other Options Additional options are at the bottom of the main pages lt 4 previous lesson next lesson gt Duplicate and Modify Delete Lesson Idea Back to Wain Page Wew Lesson keas Find Lesson kiea fdd Lesson kiea Printing Print a lesson by selecting Print Print graphics by clicking Associated Graphics selecting the image from the list of images then clicking Print This Image To print all images associated with a les son click the Print All Images button Help Clicking Help provides you with an explanation and examples of various options and how to use them Navigation options You can return to the main page or choose other options to try Saving to Disk Use the following steps to save a lesson or the entire data base to a disk other than the hard drive Save a single lesson plan by selecting Import Export then select Export from the File menu Then Select the location the disk and the folder or direc tory where you want to save the lesson plan Name the file when you see the Save As box If you want to view the lesson plan without having File Maker Pro on your hard drive save in a text file or other forma
12. ea Add Lesson Page 3 Detailed directions for the lesson idea At the bottom of the lesson directions for all non Internet les sons is a list of required resources a teacher needs to carry out the lesson activities Also at the bottom of this field are suggestions for assessments Pearson Education Inc Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum View Lesson Idea tenon diet Lesson tithe Directions and Assessments This activity is designed to be an alternative to those that Title students usually A do with technology In many schools students who are having academic problems are placed in Title programs which emphasize remedial basic skill instruction Computers are used primarily for tutorial and drill activities to develop hese skills This project focused instead on using multimedia development projects to foster what the authors called habits of mind such as perseverance problem solving and cooperation The rationale was that students would be better able to learn any content area skills if they developed hese mental capabilities There was also an emphasis on developing communications skills and growth in writing ability The topic for multimedia projects described in this article was biomes around he world but this approach would work well with other topics The following Duplicate and Modify Delete Lesson Idea Find Lesson kdea lt 4 previous lesson nextlesson gt Back to Main Page Wes Lesson Kieas
13. ee another lesson in the group from your search previous lesson nextlesson gt How to Find Lessons by Using Keywords Click on Find Lesson Idea from the Main Menu screen or the View Lesson Idea screen Click on Find by Keyword Type in words you want to find under each field Click Start Search How to Find Lessons by Using a Combination of Descriptors and Keywords You can use a combination of descriptors and keywords to do a search For example if you want an Internet lesson idea that addresses the topic of money you would select Find Lesson Idea then click on Find by Keyword and en ter money in the Lesson Directions field Then click on Find by Criteria and select Internet from the Technolo gies list and click Start Search How to Add Your Own Lessons To add a new lesson idea first load on to your hard drive all of the files from the CD ROM You cannot add lesson ideas to the database on the CD ROM Click on Add Lesson Idea from the main screen Fill in information in all descriptor boxes Be sure to give the lesson a title so the lesson appears in the list Fill in information for all of the related screens Ob jectives Lesson Descriptors Lesson Directions and Source Information How to Modify Existing Lessons As you do for adding a new lesson plan first load on to your hard drive all of the files from the CD ROM WY dk a U Select Duplicate an
14. fer to perceptions by those considering the adoption of an innovation of the benefits of the new method or resource over what they currently use See the list of the types of Relative Advantage in Figure 1 Part Il Contents of the Database An Overview of the Lessons The 500 lesson ideas in this database are drawn from these sources The International Society for Technology in Educa tion s ISTE Learning and Leading with Technology formerly The Computing Teacher Many articles from this popular periodical now in its 30th year of pub lication by the country s premier educational technology dk a NONAILIA_USODIN GAG Of I UA O 2L AM FaYe Uz3 Figure 1 Grade Levels Grade free Kindergarten Primary Content Areas Interdisciplinary Art English Foreign Languages Topics Algebra Anthropology Archeology Arithmetic Art history Astronomy Biology Botany Business math Calculus Charting graphing Chemistry Civics Computer applications Cultures Drawing painting Ecology Economics Technologies All Adaptive assistive devices Alternative keyboards Animation software Artificial intelligence Atlases Audio players Barcode generators Brainstorming tools Calculators CD ROM Charting graphing Computer Assisted Design CAD Concept maps Databases Desktop publishing Dictionaries word atlases Distance learning Drill and practice software Electronic books Relative Adva
15. lving software Programming languages Robotics Simulation software Speech synthesizers Spreadsheets Statistical software Story starters TDD Tutorial software VCR Video development Videodisc Level Videodisc Level III Virtual reality Voice recognition Word prediction software Word processing Format aids collaborative cooperative group work Develops technological information literacy skills Saves teacher time in grading students work Provides self paced instruction to motivated students Saves teacher student time on production tasks Saves money on consumable materials Easier faster access to information sources Easier faster updates corrections to work products U3 Note Some of the Technologies descriptors have no lesson entries Users can use the Add Lesson Idea feature to add their own lesson entries for these if they like dk a NONAILIA_USODIN GAG O 2 UA O JA AM raye UTS AD ar 4 CD ROM USER MANUAL Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum organization are by teachers describing their own suc cessful classroom strategies Lesson activities selected in this database were based on the best lessons from a dozen years of these articles m Internet lesson and project sites recommended by Blue Web n an online collection of prize winning Internet teaching and learning strategies Productivity in the Classroom booklets also avail able at Microsoft s online
16. ntage Makes unfamiliar topics more visual understandable Makes abstract topics more visual concrete Supports manual operations in high level learning Interaction and immediate feedback support skill practice Visual presentations help illustrate real life relevance Visual presentations aid transfer to real world problems Professional polished looking products motivate students Lesson Idea Descriptors Elementary Pre K Middle School Secondary dk ar BRwWN Language Arts Mathematics Music Physical Education Electricity French Geography Geology Geometry German Grammar Health and nutrition History Literature Math problem solving Math word problems Measurement Multicultural Musical composition Music history Physical education Physics Electronic encyclopedia E mail Fax Games GIS Graphics tools Groupware Handheld computer PDA Instructional software Internet Local Area Network LAN Logo Map utilities MIDI interfaces Movies videos Multimedia hypermedia Music synthesizers PDF files Presentation software CON O UI CD ROM USER MANUAL Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum a 10 11 12 Social Studies Science Technology Other Poetry Political Science Problem solving non math Programming Psychology Reading Research methods Sociology Spanish Spelling Statistics Study skills Trigonometry Vocabulary Weather Writing Other Probeware MBL Problem so
17. oing a search for collaboration or collaborate or cooperative in the Lesson Directions field WY CD ROM USER MANUAL Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum Example Activity 5 Addressing ISTE or national standards Each lesson in the database lists ISTE NETS S and national standards addressed for each of several con tent areas Teachers can do a search on the Objectives field to find lessons that address desired standards e g ISTE Standard 1 Civics Economics NCTE NSTA NCTM History Science Example Activity 6 Interdisciplinary activities Teachers can locate good examples of teaching activities that address more than one content area in the same lesson They can do a search by criteria and select Interdiscipli nary in the Content Areas field Example Applications for Teacher Education Students As they learn how to integrate various technologies into the classroom future teachers can see what classroom teachers consider good uses of these resources Some example uses follow Example Activity 7 Find a multicultural activity Many lessons model how to emphasize multicultural ism in the course of content area learning Students can find these examples by doing a search by criteria using Multicultural or Cultures in the Topic Areas field or by searching Lesson Directions using the keyword cultural Example Activity 8 How is technology used in the in sert yo
18. site were produced by Microsoft Inc in conjunction with Scholastic Inc Lessons in this database were based on some of these activities Visit their site http www microsoft com education Look under the K 12 area and select In structional Resources Problem Solving Across the Curriculum by John Beaver Copyright 1994 by ISTE Lesson plan issues of The Florida Technology in Ed ucation Quarterly Lessons on the database are based on those in the Spring 1991 ESE lesson ideas issue the Winter 1992 elementary lesson ideas issue and the Spring 1993 telecommunications issue all selected by FTEQ Editor M D Roblyer Each lesson in the database is an edited summarized version based on the original article or lesson plan Organization of the Database The first screen that appears shows the three main activities Pearson Education Inc Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum A Database of Strategies and Lesson Ideas View Lesson Idea Find Lesson Idea Add Lesson Idea 2003 by Pearson Education Inc All rights reserved by M D Roblyer Powered by Workflow Data Systems View lesson plan See a list of the 500 lesson idea titles Each lesson has five main screens or pages see example beginning on this page Page 1 gives lesson objectives Objectives Page 2 lists the lesson descriptors Grade Levels Con tent Areas Topic Areas Technologies and Relative Advantage
19. ssing be used in areas other than language arts Teaching database use and searches Show preservice students how to locate all lessons for a given grade level content area and or type e g plans in science at the fifth grade level or teach them how to add lessons of their own What Do You Have to Know to Use It This product was designed for non technical teachers and students You do not have to know much about databases to use it That is because this manual gives explanations and examples to help new users and the database structure it self is very intuitive and easy to use New in This Version In this the second version of Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum several new and valuable features have been added Over 250 additional lesson ideas Many of the new entries focus on the Internet and online learning and have been drawn from sites recommended by Blue Web n an online collection of prize winning Internet teaching and learning strategies Other new entries have been based on articles from 1999 2002 issues of ISTE s Learning and Leading with Technology Relative advantage emphasis This new lesson descrip tor focuses on the unique or powerful aspects technology resources bring to a lesson thus allowing teachers to do something they could not do or could not do as well as they could without the resources Relative advantage 1s a term used by diffusion of innovations expert Everett Rogers to re
20. t Save the entire database by selecting Save a Copy from the program s File Menu You will need a Zip disk to hold all the contents Part IV Classroom Applications This collection can be used in many ways by several kinds of people No matter who uses it it is best to begin by re viewing the following sequence of introductory activities Get familiar with the database structure You either can page through lessons one at a time or you can search for lessons that have certain words in them or that address certain students tools or topics Examine the parts of an activity Look at the infor mation provided with each lesson idea activity Peruse the lesson ideas Page through several lesson ideas to get a feel for the kinds of approaches represented Do some sample searches Try locating lesson ideas that meet your needs NONAILIA_USODIN GAG Of I UA O JA AM raye UO 1 8 Example Applications for College Instructors Teacher educators can use this collection of lesson ideas and activities as model applications of the technology tools and teaching methods they introduce in their classrooms Some example uses follow Example Activity 1 Find a way to teach poetry With the whole class do a search on lessons by using poetry in the Lesson Directions field Divide the class into small groups have each group analyze one of the lessons in the database discuss it and develop a lesson based on th
21. to see the Lesson descriptors Lesson direc tions Associated graphics or Source information pages for that lesson n Descriptor Lesson Directions Fssociated Graphics Source Infomation To review a lesson s descriptors click on Lesson De scriptors then on one of the descriptor boxes a pulldown menu will show you all the descriptors The ones checked are those for the lesson Interdisciplinary Art English Foreign Languages Language Arts IV Mathematics Music Physical Education Social Studies IV Science Technology dk a NONAILIA_USODIN GAG Of I UA O JA AM raye UT CD ROM USER MANUAL Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum How to Find Lesson Ideas by Using Descriptors Click on Find Lesson Idea from the View Lesson Idea screen or the Main Menu screen m Click on Find by Criteria Select options you want under each descriptor by clicking on a box then clicking on the option NOTE If you want more than one option under a de scriptor e g Spreadsheets AND Graphics under the Technologies descriptor hold the Shift key down each time you select an option Repeat this step until all de sired options are checked After you select all options click Start Search You will see a list of lessons that meet the criteria Click on a lesson title to see its contents When you are finished looking at a lesson click the Previous lesson or Next lesson button to s
22. ur own content area Students can do a search for all lessons in a given content area browse through all the lessons and review which technology resources are used and how they are used This activity will give them a good introduction to and overview of how technology is being integrated into their content areas Example Activity 9 What are some whole class strate gies Many K 12 classrooms have only one computer By searching on one computer in the Lesson Directions field teacher education students can see examples of how inservice teachers are making the best use of limited re sources The lessons will model how to structure goals and objectives and carry out activities that can be accomplished with one computer AY LT
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