Technology Integration

[Cherie Gilmore]

What do you do in your classroom to integrate technology into your curriculum?

[Mark Carls]

Cherie, I don't have a classroom, but try to help teachers try to implement technology into their classes. I think setting the tone from Day 1 and giving the students an option to use digital media or whatever Technology you choose to use. If I were to go back to teaching, I would use wikis for myself and have each student keep their notes on their own wiki. When they get jobs are they going to be writing things down in a notebook? I hope other teachers give their insights into how they handle it. I'm sure every teacher and every school district would be vastly different.

[Joseph Fezzuoglio]

Hi Cherie,
I would agree with Mark that each school will differ vastly. I am a H.S. health teacher and I use an educational web site called Quia. I have used Quia for several years, I started using it because I wanted other ways for my students to become engaged in learning. Students can work online from anywhere with internet connection. My students quiz/test scores improved once they started using quia, I have developed review activities along with quizzes. I post class projects on the webpage quia provides for it's members.


Most recently I have developed a STD's & Contraceptive project in VoiceThread. My student really like working with VT. I will also be using a wiki next year for my students to post their projects.
Here are some examples of some VT's from my health classes.
Teen pregnancy unit
Contraceptive unit
STD unit

Hope this helps. Good Luck!