Technology Integration in the Content Area, Including Early Childhood, Educationally Challanged, and Multidisciplinary Units

What are the benefits of using technology across disciplines?

Implementing technology use across disciplines provides students with the experience they need in their earliest school experiences to further their education in technology-based learning. Students are able to appreciate how useful and powerful computers and all other technologies can be in their learning process and how much they can accomplish knowing how to use technology. Students learn to use technology, such as computers as a "multi-faceted tool" for educational purposes such as
-writing essays (learn typing skills)
-scientific research (how to browse and use web effectively and responsibly)
-solving mathematical problems
-and learning about any other subjects pertain to school or of their own personal interest.
Using technology across disciplines is important not only to integrate the technology standards but to help students become familiar with the modernized tools which they will inevitably have to use in their higher education as well as in their jobs or careers. It is the jobs of educators to provide students with opportunities to use these tools and to provide them the relative education they need to be prepared for real life.

Selecting and Integrating World Wide Web Resources, Including Designing Online Instruction

Why is regular maintenance vital to a quality website?

Regular maintenance is vital to a quality website given that information and ideas change daily. There are constantly new resources being added to the web and new research being done every day and new evidence being found and proven. It is crucial to have your website reflect the most current and acccurate information for the viewers.

Producing and Presenting, Including Podcasting and Digital Storytelling.

What role can Podcasting play in education?
Appearing in classrooms, schools, colleges, and universities all around the world, Podcasting is growing in popularity as it has a multitude of purposes for any person, place or topic. Having the ability to record, playback, and distribute this type of multimedia over the web makes podcasting an excellent technological resource for anyone. It can be used by teachers or professors who cannot be in the classroom or who wish to either post their lectures on the web or a personal site. Also this is an excellent way for students to playback lectures for studying purposes. Ways to develop a podcast are easily accesible and can be found online for free.


Information found in Bitter, G. & Legacy, J. (2008). Using Technology in the Classroom. Pearson: Boston.