Articles on Technology Integration
HIGHSCHOOL.COM 
Virtual schools make available a world of new courses -- from
obscure electives to advanced-placement classes -- that challenge students
intellectually and open up new doors educationally.
3/23/2005
Let the Games Begin
The early adopters, whose work has helped
shape the progress of classroom video games, and the skeptics, who rightly urge
caution and further study, actually see eye to eye: Both wish to see computer
games used in the classroom only if they truly enhance learning and benefit the
students who need it most.
3/23/2005
All the World's a Stage
Blogs aren't just for techheads and
political cranks. They’re opening up classrooms, too.
2/8/2005
Brave New School
Creating a charter school where disabled and
nondisabled children are educated together was a necessity for the mother of
this unique invention.
2/8/2005
A Computer on Every Desk
Recommendations for the new Education
Secretary
2/8/2005
How To: Film from Afar
Online videoconferencing has been a
staple of the corporate world for years; now it's starting to hit the
classroom.
2/8/2005
Snow Days
Students are linked with an international team of six
explorers, teachers, and scientists who are traveling through the Arctic.
2/8/2005
Assistive Technology: Enabling Dreams
From voice-activated software to customized laptops, assistive
technology is changing the way disabled students communicate, learn, and play.
2/2/2005
National EdTech Plan Puts Students Front and Center
Educators
praise the federal plan's focus on student needs, but some question whether
funding is available to make educational-technology dreams a reality for many
schools and districts.
1/12/2005
Full House
The Las Vegas building boom has stretched the creativity and
resources of the fastest-growing school district in the nation.
9/17/2004
Crack the Books
Open-source software, the public-domain
programming innovation that has revolutionized the software industry, is now
poised to shake up the textbook market.
9/14/2004
Life on the Screen
The visionary filmmaker argues that students
must learn a new language of image and sound in order to succeed.
9/14/2004
Look Ma, No Wires
No more taping down cables or ripping out
walls to get online. Set up a wi-fi network -- a high-speed connection to the
Internet using a radio signal -- in a few simple steps.
9/14/2004
Mix & Mash
Blend the vocals from one song with the music
from another and the mashup is born. DJs love it; Bowie, too. But the new art
form also raises serious copyright debates, providing powerful discussion
material for the classroom.
9/14/2004
An Incredible Journey
How three high school teachers discovered a new way to
teach.
8/19/2004
Great Team, Great School
An integrated curricula, team teaching, and technology tools
have built up the academic achievement and self-esteem of these rural Louisiana
middle school students.
6/17/2004
Beyond Band: Music Technology Inspires Students 
In Bay Shore, New York, students learn about music as part of
the curriculum. Technology tools help them understand music theory and compose
pieces of their own.
5/5/2004
From Hula to High Tech
A Honolulu school thrives in the computer age.
2/9/2004
Laptops On Expedition
A Maine middle school provides top-of-the-line education for
all students.
1/19/2004
The Maine Event
Maine's middle school laptop program is working.
12/16/2003
A High-Tech School with a Down-Home Feel
A Southern California
community designs and builds a state-of-the-art school.
11/5/2003
Exploring History, Understanding Ourselves
From Boston to
Prague, students find that the past informs the present.
9/10/2003
Where in the World Is Moldova?
Brownouts and primitive
technology don't deter an American and Eastern European Internet
partnership.
9/10/2003
Your Personal Cyberlibrarian
KidsConnect pairs up librarians
and students on the Internet.
9/10/2003
Building a Bridge to Science and Technology
Techbridge helps
close the gender Digital Divide.
9/3/2003
A Sampler of Designs for Teaching and Learning
Schools are
branching out when it comes to architecture.
9/3/2003
Assistive Technology Enhances Learning for All
Students with
cerebral palsy play at recess. Dyslexic children type with the class. More
assistive technology advances...
8/5/2003
The Digital Superintendent
Superintendent Doug Otto sold his
vision of technology in education to parents, teachers, and voters.
8/5/2003
Eager to Learn
At Moanalua High School, students use multimedia tools to
shoot, edit, and narrate works on topics such as child labor.
8/5/2003
Grades That Mean Something
At New Technology High School in
Napa, California, criteria for grading are public knowledge.
8/5/2003
Ohayo Gozaimasu
A Japanese language teacher becomes a
technology convert.
8/5/2003
One Teacher's Story
Learn how one teacher got interested in
technology in schools and became expert enough to train other teachers.
8/5/2003
Edutopia: "The Actual Proves the Possible"
Dr. Milton Chen,
Executive Director of The George Lucas Educational Foundation, discusses
examples of innovative education from around the country. These stories are
compiled in "Edutopia: Success Stories for Learning in the Digital Age."
7/1/2003
Foreword by George Lucas
George Lucas was a curious boy, but an
unengaged student: He found textbooks and rote learning boring. The filmmaker
and parent shares what got him interested in learning, and discusses his vision
of Digital Age education.
7/1/2003
Geo-Literacy: Forging New Ground
Teacher Eva La Mar's third graders explore the geography and
geology of their community by becoming historians, writers, and
videographers.
6/2/2003
A Computer for Every Lap
A forward-looking governor helps
provide every Maine seventh grader with a laptop computer.
5/13/2003
A Change in Attitude
High-tech gadgets such as GPS systems and probes catch
students' interest at Harrison Central High School.
4/1/2003
From Brain-Based Research to Powerful Learning
Technology use based on brain research gives students an edge
at Key Largo School.
2/25/2003
Broadband, Big Screen! Enlivening English Language Learning in
Southeast Los Angeles
To help his students broaden their English language
skills, this fourth-grade teacher creates visual lessons using digital cameras
and Internet search engines.
2/10/2003
Collaborating to Create Media-Savvy Young People
Parents and
educators work in concert to help youngsters interpret and judge the blizzard of
messages from the Internet, television, and other 21st century media.
2/10/2003
Media Literacy "Starting Points"
If you're not sure how best to
facilitate media literacy for your child or student, here are a few
recommendations.
2/10/2003
A Remarkable Transformation
It took time, teacher buy-in, and technology, but this urban
school district in New Jersey has gone from dismal to dazzling.
1/24/2003
An MBA for Kids
Employers helped design the program at the Minnesota Business
Academy.
1/7/2003
A 'Fantastic Super' Use of Technology
Computers and multimedia are seamlessly woven into the
curriculum at Mary Scroggs Elementary School.
11/1/2002
The Digital Promise Project
Digital Promise is a proposal to establish a major educational
trust fund that would help transform education, training, and lifelong learning
to meet the needs of the nation's new knowledge-based economy.
10/16/2002
Students Find Their Voices Through Multimedia
The San Fernando Education Technology Team helps Latino
students deliver powerful messages through video and the Web.
7/1/2002
From Spearfish to Sakaide City: A Teacher's Odyssey
This
innovative exchange program uses high-tech tools and face-to-face visits to
promote cross-cultural collaboration.
6/6/2002
March of the Monarchs
Journey North involves thousands of students in monitoring
migration patterns of butterflies and other species.
6/6/2002
New Technologies Link Ancient Cultures
The First People's Project enables indigenous students on five
continents to share the wisdom of their respective cultures.
6/6/2002
Rollin' Down the River
Armchair traveling is immediate and
exciting when students join Classroom Connect's AmazonQuest.
6/6/2002
Rural Washington Students Connect With The World
Online
projects engage young children in thoughtful exchanges worldwide.
6/6/2002
A Sampler of International Web Projects
Kids and teachers
around the world share data, ideas, and understanding.
6/6/2002
Classrooms Without Borders
George Lucas advocates for teaching
more deeply about the profound similarities and differences of the world's
peoples, an especially urgent need in the aftermath of September 11,
2001.
5/2/2002
Handhelds Go to Class
A suburban Chicago school district takes the lead in outfitting
teachers with personal digital assistants.
3/12/2002
Invigorating Science Teaching with a High-Tech, Low-Cost Tool
Preservice teachers at the Curry School of Education
model the use of a digital microscope for veteran science teachers.
2/11/2002
JASON and the New Argonauts
In person or via satellite, students engage in project-based
learning through the exploits of Titanic explorer Bob Ballard.
12/3/2001
Space Age Thinkers
Pennsylvania fifth graders enter a national "Space Day"
competition, designing solutions to problems faced by real astronauts.
12/3/2001
Laptops for All
A commitment to projects and widespread use of laptop computers
has spelled success for students at The Mott Hall School in New York
City.
11/1/2001
Preparing to Teach with Technology
Prospective teachers
experience technology as a tool throughout their preparation at George
Washington University's Graduate School of Education and Human
Development.
10/1/2001
Information Literacy Primer
The developer of Kathy Schrock's
Guide for Educators Web site -- a rich online resource for teachers -- explores
issues in information literacy.
8/1/2001
The New P.E. Curriculum
How one Naperville, Illinois, junior
high is using high tech tools to support its exemplary PE program.
8/1/2001
Bugscope: Magnifying the Connection Between Students, Science, and
Scientists
K-12 science classes now have free, remote access to an
electron microscope, thanks to a unique partnership between the University of
Illinois and several business and government institutions.
6/1/2001
Educational Technology the Focus of Four New Reports
The latest
thinking on the effectiveness of educational technology, examples of model
programs, and a glimpse of new technologies to come.
4/1/2001
Using Digital Technology to Enhance Emotional Intelligence
The
right computer program can be a boon to self-confidence, compassion, and
understanding.
4/1/2001
Providing Schools with Tools for the Digital Age
George Lucas
talks about the Digital Divide, which is familiar to filmmakers as well as to
educators.
2/23/2001
We All Have Special Needs
George Lucas talks about the
transformative powers of technology for people with disabilities.
2/23/2001
Take Action: Technology Integration
Resources for those
interested in exploring methods for integrating technology into
curricula.
2/22/2001
A Seamless Integration of Technology
At Sherman Oaks Community Charter School, interactive
technologies support the curriculum and facilitate communication among the
staff.
10/1/2000
Street-Level Youth Soar
A Chicago not-for-profit helps
inner-city youth tell their own stories -- with Digital Age tools.
6/1/2000
Student Creators
When young people help to create content for
the Internet -- when they experience being active participants, contributing to
what there is online -- they are more likely to see the Internet as a resource
that they understand and use effectively. This article describes the approaches
of three different programs -- Plugged In Enterprises, iEARN, and ThinkQuest --
to connecting young people to the Internet by providing opportunities for them
to develop their own online content.
6/1/2000
Latinas en Ciencia: Making Science and Technology Real for
Girls
Latina girls are discovering the wonders of science and technology,
thanks to newly forged partnerships between the Oregon Museum of Science and
Industry and Portland-area community-based organizations
5/1/2000
NASA Initiatives Turn Students into Scientists
Astronomers and
Internet projects energize fourth graders in a rural Virginia classroom.
5/1/2000
The Project's Culmination
At the culmination of their project on insects, students at
Clear View Charter School link up with university scientists to discuss their
findings.
5/1/2000
Q&A: Clear View Charter School
Since Learn &
Live was released in 1997, we've received numerous questions about Clear
View. Find the answers here!
5/1/2000
Q&A: West Des Moines Community School District
Since
Learn & Live was released in 1997, we've received numerous
questions about the Community Education program in West Des Moines. Find the
answers here!
5/1/2000
Schools as Hubs of Technology
How and why schools in West Des Moines, Iowa, provide community
members access to information technology and distance learning.
5/1/2000
Sharing Research Through Multimedia
How multimedia tools give students new ways to express
themselves and share what they know.
5/1/2000
Online All the Time: Cyber Mentors in Action
Project ESTRELLA,
one of five U.S. Department of Education migrant education program, supplies
students with laptop computers, toll-free phone numbers, and access to
mentors.
9/1/1999
Ted Nellen and Barry Sweeny: Perspectives on Mentoring
How two
educators have used online mentoring to reduce the isolation of teaching.
9/1/1999
Designing Virtual Communities for Creativity and
Learning
Virtual online communities provide opportunities for students
and teachers to develop collaborative skills and share ideas and information
through worldwide projects.
5/1/1999
Telementoring New Education Leaders
The California Telemation
Project created a statewide community of teachers who mentored each other
through the creation of a technology-based professional development
project.
5/1/1999
Uncommon Sense: Educators Reinventing the Profession from the Inside
Out
Students won't fully experience the benefits of technology for
learning until their teachers are sufficiently confident and capable of using
it. The author offers observations to help educators meet this professional
development challenge.
5/1/1999
Assistive Technology for Young Children in Special
Education
Technology can level the playing field for students with
mobility, hearing, or vision impairments, as well as individuals with
limitations in cognition and perception.
5/1/1998
Assistive Technology Success Stories
In rural Hana, Hawaii,
technology liberates students with disabilities to read, write, learn, and
participate fully in the everyday classroom.
5/1/1998
Digital Textbooks
A new system being pioneered by Recording for
the Blind & Dyslexic (RFBD) will allow a student with a disability to
download digital recordings of textbooks from the Internet.
5/1/1998
Leaping Over Walls
College student Mason Barney shares how
computers and related technologies have helped him overcome a learning
disability.
5/1/1998
Universal Design in the Classroom
Universally designed software
adjusts to fit the needs, capabilities, and learning styles of all
students.
5/1/1998
Back to the Drawing Board
Sandy Creek High School in Tyrone,
Georgia, seemed a model of modern amenities, but there was no plan in place for
classroom technology. The principal worked with designers to include network
infrastructure and arranged with Apple to install computers and make the school
a demonstration site.
7/1/1997
Building on Local Traditions
Coyote Canyon Elementary School in
Rancho Cucamonga, California, reflects the area's rich cultural traditions: Each
classroom is built around an outdoor courtyard containing a Native American
wickiup, an Aztec-style pyramid, a mission bell, or a vineyard, where students
can experience history.
7/1/1997
Buildings That Teach
Was your school designed to "stimulate
curiosity and serve as an instructional tool?" The schools being built in the
21st century use a combination of indoor and outdoor spaces, studios,
workstations, and open areas to facilitate learning.
7/1/1997
Butler Did It
When Benjamin Franklin Butler Middle School of
Technology in Lowell, Massachusetts, replaced a facility built in 1882,
innovation and technology were watchwords. The design of the inner-city school
took into account need for a video and data network.
7/1/1997
Childhood is a Journey, Not a Race
Multi-age groupings and
networked computers in each classroom at Chinook Elementary School in Vancouver,
Wash., support individualized instruction for every student.
7/1/1997
Computers in Every Home
The Buddy System Project in
Indianapolis provides computer equipment and training to families of fourth and
fifth graders, allowing parents to learn computer skills along with their
children, families to work together on projects, and teachers to maintain closer
contact with parents via e-mail.
7/1/1997
Creating and Testing New Ideas
In a partnership with Apple
Computers started in 1987, the Open Charter School in Los Angeles integrated
technology into its instructional programs. Students now blend their use of
computers with ongoing projects such as gardening and city planning.
7/1/1997
Cross-Country Collaboration
Juarez-Lincoln Accelerated School
in San Diego, California, uses teleconferencing to enable students to
collaborate on projects with kids at schools across the country, giving them a
perspective on life in other places and allowing social and racial barriers to
be broken.
7/1/1997
Designing A Dream
Overcrowding led to innovation in Mill Creek,
Washington. Faced with a cramped, outdated high school, students, educators, and
community members teamed up to create a new facility that suits all of their
needs.
7/1/1997
Everyone Can Learn
At Clear View Charter School in Chula Vista,
California, computer technology is integrated into the curriculum at every grade
level. Though students are mostly new English learners from low-income families,
the school and its principal have been recognized with numerous awards.
7/1/1997
The Interactive Technology Link to Learning
A classroom teacher
illustrates how students are using a wide cross-section of technology -- from
the Internet to scanners to multimedia software and video teleconferencing with
a local scientist via a fiber-optic connection -- to further exploration and
learning.
7/1/1997
A New Channel of Communication
Williston Central School in
Burlington, Vermont, is using the latest research about effective learning to
restructure its programs. Students work in multi-aged groups, routinely use
advanced technology, and each has a personal learning plan that reflects
district standards all students are expected to achieve.
7/1/1997
On the Frontier of Technology
Educators and community members
in Juneau, Alaska, designed Dzantik'i Heeni Middle School and its curriculum
with the goal of creating a showplace for the latest technologies to support
teaching and learning that is challenging, project-based, and exciting.
7/1/1997
The Power of Project-Based Learning
Students are motivated to
learn and explore when the area of study is relevant to their lives. "Minds-on,"
project-based learning enables students at this innovative elementary school to
progress at their own pace – and to their own abilities.
7/1/1997
Redefining the Role of the Teacher
New roles for teachers
emerge in technology-rich classrooms where teachers serve as facilitators and
guides for students.
7/1/1997
The Teacher as Learning Guide
A former elementary school
teacher shares how she "reinvented herself" into a learning guide -- an
educational facilitator who inspired students to learn and explore -- inside the
classroom and out.
7/1/1997
Technology in Action
A technologist for a K-12 school shares
how he works with students, staff, and members of the community to ensure that
technology is infused in all aspects of the school's curriculum.
7/1/1997
Turning Around a Troubled School
Bell Atlantic agreed to make
Christopher Columbus School in Union City, New Jersey, a test site in order to
research how telecommunications technology affects academic performance. Since
then, the inner-city school has turned its low student-productivity rates around
and is now one of the most technologically advanced in the nation.
7/1/1997
The World at Your Fingertips
Interactive multimedia and
telecommunications technologies can be powerful tools for educational
improvement. When used effectively, these tools can offer rich materials for
learning, affect the way time is used in schools, and support ongoing
professional development for teachers.
7/1/1997
Technology -- Changing the Face of Education in Union
City
Educational technology has been integral to the revitalization of
this densely populated urban school district.
5/1/1996
