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Developing Technology-Enriched Curriculum Units

Learn to integrate technology into curriculum to engage students in powerful learning experiences. Explore student-centered approaches using various tech tools.

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Developing Technology-Enriched Curriculum Units

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  1. Developing Technology-Enriched Curriculum Units USVI 1998 Summer Technology Institute

  2. Workshop Goals • To overview the variety of ways in which instructional technology can be integrated into the curriculum so that students will be engaged in powerful learning experiences. • To think about moving from the traditional approach of adding technology to traditional directive classroom instruction to adapting curriculum to be student-centered using a variety of technology tools. USVI Department of Education SEIR*TEC/Learning Innovations

  3. Concept Mapping a Unit • Activities should be based in curriculum objectives and make use of existing technology. • Understand that not all areas will be technology-enriched. Don’t force the fit. • Activities make use of multiple technologies and applications USVI Department of Education SEIR*TEC/Learning Innovations

  4. Create a dinosaur Locate on a database, world map the including locations of height, weight, dinosaur length & time fossils. Make a chart period. categorizing Software: dinosaurs as ClarisWorks meat or plant eaters. Software: Graph Club SOCIAL Create a booklet of STUDIES dinosaur word problems. Software:Kid Pix THEME: SCIENCE MATH DINOSAURS Create a graph comparing Height, weight and length of LANGUAGE dinosaurs. ARTS Software: Graph Club Children will write "If I Were Children will a Dinosaur" write dinosaur Survey and stories. poems. create a graph Software: The Software: of class's Children will Writing Center ClarisWorks favorite create a dinosaur. dinosaur word Software: search. Graph Club Software: Puzzles and Posters Example: Dinosaur Theme Design cover for "If I Were a Create a dino Create a slide Dinosaur" flipbook. show for book. Software: dinosaur downloaded research from Field reports. Museum of Software: Kid Natural History Pix VISUAL Create 3-D plasticine ARTS dinosaurs Children will create their own fossils. Create a class book "Whatever Happened to Dinosaurs?" Software: The Writing Center Dinosaur Research Reports Software: Kid Pix, Dinosaur Adventure, Dinosaur Discovery

  5. Technology Resources and Access to Resources • What technology resources do you have available (hardware and software) and what access do you have to those resources? • Understand different categories of technology Tutorial, Application, Exploratory Communications • Who can help you locate technology and non-technology resources? • Technology Coordinator, Librarian, Other teachers, Parents. USVI Department of Education SEIR*TEC/Learning Innovations

  6. Develop Your Big Picture • Map One of Your Curriculum Units. • Inventory Your Technology Resources. • Develop your Project. USVI Department of Education SEIR*TEC/Learning Innovations

  7. Map One of Your Curriculum Units • Should show particular activities that support various learning objectives. • Can be an entire thematic unit or a particular subject area unit. • Make it something that you can use. USVI Department of Education SEIR*TEC/Learning Innovations

  8. Inventory Your Technology Resources • What is available? • What do you need to use these resources? • In-school support • Training, documentation • Time to experiment and learn. • Physical access USVI Department of Education SEIR*TEC/Learning Innovations

  9. Choosing a Unit and Developing a Project • Examine your Curriculum Map. • Where could technology improve student learning? • Where do technology resources and ideas exist to support learning objectives? • Rewrite the lesson/unit. • Revise your goals to reflect changes due to Technology infusion. USVI Department of Education SEIR*TEC/Learning Innovations

  10. Prepare your unit/activity materials and assessment tools. • Create a schedule that allows students maximum use of technology. USVI Department of Education SEIR*TEC/Learning Innovations

  11. What Constitutes a Good Technology Project? • One that fulfills existing curricular objectives. • One where technology expands student learning of a particular objective or topic. • Something that is “do-able” given existing time and resources. • Something that does not focus entirely upon the use of technology. USVI Department of Education SEIR*TEC/Learning Innovations

  12. Technology Used byStudents, Not Just for Students. • Requires alternative instructional strategies. • Students become co-learners or even teachers. • May necessitate changes in classroom management style. • Changes the way students interact with others. (students, teachers, other school staff) USVI Department of Education SEIR*TEC/Learning Innovations

  13. Developing Your Project • Understand your goals and objectives. • Seek additional assistance from colleagues and technology support staff. • Use the project template as a guide. USVI Department of Education SEIR*TEC/Learning Innovations

  14. Summary • Important question to ask yourself. • What value does the use of technology add to my lesson/unit? • If you can’t answer the question, then you need to rethink the use. USVI Department of Education SEIR*TEC/Learning Innovations

  15. Getting More Information • SEIR*TEC • Email or Call • seirtec@serve.org • 800.659.3204 USVI Department of Education SEIR*TEC/Learning Innovations

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