Group 4: Teachnologists
Heather Troncillito
Steven Zurlnick
Carol Tompkins
Lisa Warren
TDC Chapter 5
Jennifer Kinsley
 Do
you find it difficult to integrate
technology in your classroom?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Strongly Agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
 Do
you feel that technology can be harmful if
used incorrectly?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Strongly Agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Multimedia
Digital
Media
 Using
more than one media while
incorporating elements such as:
 text
 graphics
 audio
 video
 virtual reality
 animation
 Technologies
that allow users to digitally
create new forms of:
 interaction
 expression
 communication
 entertainment
 Digital
Storytelling
 iLife
 Digital
Projects with PowerPoint
 Slingbox
 Camtasia Studio
 Decisions

Creates simulations where students learn apply
of history through Role Play.
 Class

Works
A new approach to learning that lets teachers
customize the individual student’s learning paths.
 Math

Decisions
Blaster Series
Helps students master math concepts and prepare for
state and national testing
 Blackboard/Webct

allows teachers and students to interact and
collaborate online using bulletin boards and internal email systems
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
Many schools are using digital media applications and the
Web to help students better understand the past or gain a
greater appreciation of other cultures. Many schools are
using digital media applications and the Web to help
students better understand the past or gain a greater
appreciation of other cultures.
Interactive Websites that any teacher can use to make her
digital media come to life:
•www.smithsonian.com
•www.theteachersguide.com
•www.pbs.org
•www.virtualfreesites.com
•www.historychannel.com
•www.discovery.com
•www.literaryhistory.com
•www.nationalgeographic.org
•www.amnh.org
•www.geographic.org
•www.theodora.com

The ‘Integration Corner’ is where the teacher and other educators incorporate technology into their content specific
classroom. There are twelve corners with numerous websites listed that are for students, teachers and other educators.

Listed below are a some of the sites from each corner that would be beneficial to those in education.
1. Early Childhood Corner
a. Learning Planet - http://www.learningplanet.com/index.asp
b. ABC Teach - http://abcteach.com/
2. Elementary Corner
a. Crayola - http://www.crayola.com/educators/index.cfm
b. How Stuff Works Express - http://express.howstuffworks.com/default.htm
3. Middle School Corner
a. Life in the Fast Lane: Technology in the Middle School - http://www.4teachers.org/testimony/italia/index.shtml
b. Internet Field Trips - http://teacher.scholastic.com/fieldtrp/index.htm
4. Secondary corner
a. Project-Based Learning with Multimedia: Video - http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/TechHelp/VideoHelp/VideoGuide.html
b. Smithsonian National Museum of American History - http://americanhistory.si.edu/
5. Math Corner
a. PBS Teacher Source – Math - http://www.pbs.org/teachers/math/
b. ePals- http://www.epals.com/
6. Science Corner
a. The Inspire Project - http://theinspireproject.org/
b. Virtual Middle School Library Science Web Sites - http://www.sldirectory.com/teachf/scied.html
7. Special Education Corner
a. Multimedia and More: Help for Students with Learning Disabilities http://www.ldonline.org/indepth/technology/multimedia.html
b. Special Education: In the Spotlight - http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/index.html
8. Post Secondary Corner
a. McGraw-Hill Higher Education Multimedia Products - http://catalogs.mhhe.com/mhhe/home.do
b. International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) - http://www.iste.org/
9. Administrator Corner
a. Journal of Interactive Media in Education - http://www-jime.open.ac.uk/
b. Technology Grant News Technology Grants - http://www.technologygrantnews.com/
10. Research Corner
a. Will New Teachers Be Prepared to Teach in a Digital Age http://www.mff.org/publications/publications.taf?page=154
b. Kairos - http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/
11. Reading/Language Arts Corner
a. Writing on the Internet - http://www.webreference.com/internet/writing/
b. Reading Aloud: Are Students Ever Too Old? - http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr081.shtml
12. Social Studies/History Corner
a. Marco Polo - http://www.thinkfinity.org/home.aspx
b. PBS Africa - http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/tools/lesson_plans.html
 Are
We Scaring Our Children?
 Bringing
the Past to the Present
 Information
 Digital
Overload
Media Realism- Dealing with
Tragedy
 Is
the media scaring our children by focusing
on all the horrible “news” stories?



Child abductions
Murders
Pedophiles
 What
do these stories portray to our
children?
 How
do you talk to your students about this?
“ Experts worry that students might be spending
more time sifting through information than
actually applying and utilizing information.”
Some say the amount of information easily available
to teachers and students can be overwhelming.


What can be done about information overload?
How can teachers help students avoid this?
 Digital Media Applications:
 Oregon Trail
 Civil War Simulation
 Critics
argue that the use of digital media
applications lack the insight and detail of a
traditional textbook.
 Supporters
claim that, by being immersed in
these DMA, students gain a better
understanding of the subject being taught.


What place do digital media applications have in learning
history? Why?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of digital media
applications compared with traditional textbooks?

September 11, 2001, World Trade Center Attacks

April 16, 2007, Virginia Tech. Tragedy

E-mail, text messaging, blogs, podcasts, cell phones, and
social networks been used so extensively by people all over
the world to communicate information, emotions, and
sorrow resulting from a tragic event.

Should you talk to your students about these issues?
Do you turn this into a teachable moment?
What precautions should you take to ensure that the
information you provide is age appropriate?
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
Questions or Comments?