NTeQ: iNtegrating Technology for inQuiry

1. NTeQ: iNtegrating Technology for inQuiry Bryona Golding University of Phoenix Online

2. Why Students Need NTeQ: • Incorporates technology in instruction • Provides practice in authentic use of technology • Increases student engagement • Improves higher-order thinking skills • Enhances collaborative work skills

3. NTeQ vs. Traditional Classroom: The Teacher • Both • Teacher determines appropriate methods and techniques for instruction • NTeQ • Teacher is technologically competent • Teacher acts as designer, manager, and facilitator • Traditional • Teacher’s technological competence is unnecessary • Teacher acts as planner, instructor, and expert

4. NTeQ vs. Traditional Classroom: The Student • Both • Students expected to meet objectives • NTeQ • Student actively engages in learning process • assumes the role of researcher • becomes technologically competent • engages in collaborative learning • Traditional • Student remains passive recipient of knowledge • engages primarily in individual work

5. NTeQ vs. Traditional Classroom: Technology • Both • Use some forms of technology • NTeQ • Technology used as a tool to enhance learning through the use of real-world data to solve problems • Use for instructional delivery is secondary • Traditional • Technology used as a delivery method to supplement or replace teacher • Technology use in instruction and learning bears little relationship to real-word application

6. NTeQ vs. Traditional Classroom: Lesson Plans • Both • focus on instructional objectives • incorporate assessments to evaluate learning • NTeQ • student-centered • problem-based • authentic • technology is an integral component • Traditional • teacher-centered • focus on rote memorization of facts

7. NTeQ vs. Traditional Classroom: The Learning Environment • Both • Provide students with resources for learning • NTeQ • Incorporates multiple resource-rich activities • Provides realistic context for learner • Content and method decided by learners • Traditional • Relies primarily on textbooks and teachers as resources • Separate learning from context • Content and method decided by teacher

8. Conclusion • NTeQ does not fit every lesson. • Effective use requires careful planning. • NTeQ does not require a computer for every student! • NTeQ enhances more traditional approaches to instruction in ways that make it invaluable to students and teachers.

9. References and Resources Reference: • Morrison, G. R. and Lowther, D. L. (2005). Integrating computer technology into the classroom. Upper Saddle River, NJ; Prentice-Hall. Technology Integration Resources: • NTeQ website (http://www.nteq.com/) offers sample lesson plans and a step-by-step lesson plan builder. • National Educational Technology Standards website (http://cnets.iste.org/) provides information about NETS for students, teachers, and administrators.