Integrating Technology into the Curriculum
Students need technology skills to explore, research, organize and evaluate information in order to function well in a technology-literate society. With this goal in mind, our teacher advisors found engaging and fun ways to improve learning, productivity and performance using a variety of computer and digital media tools.
Lesson Plans
Action Painting on a SMARTboard
by Alexandra Savvas and Naomi Randolph
Alex and Naomi's kindergartners review Jackson Pollock's work and discover how to make their own action paintings on a Smartboard.
by Alexandra Savvas and Naomi Randolph
Alex and Naomi's kindergartners review Jackson Pollock's work and discover how to make their own action paintings on a Smartboard.
Movie Making in the Classroom
by Angela Bunyi
Angela creates long-term impact in her classroom by using multi-media movie making tools to learn about cell structure and function.
by Angela Bunyi
Angela creates long-term impact in her classroom by using multi-media movie making tools to learn about cell structure and function.
Researching Arizona: The Grand Canyon State
by Sandra Blair
Students use various technology resources to complete their research projects on The Grand Canyon State.
by Sandra Blair
Students use various technology resources to complete their research projects on The Grand Canyon State.
Make a Novel Movie!
by Patty Blome
Watch students develop comprehension and increase learning while researching characters, storyboarding plots and learning the art of film-making by translating a novel into a Hollywood-style digital movie.
Travel Pals: A Journey For Learning
by Jennifer Atkinson
Jennifer's students make real-world connections to places and people around the U.S. by tracking the adventures of a class stuffed animal, or Travel Pal.
by Jennifer Atkinson
Jennifer's students make real-world connections to places and people around the U.S. by tracking the adventures of a class stuffed animal, or Travel Pal.
