Dr. Moersch's Level of Technology Implementation Framework designed to accurately measure authentic classroom technology use. The LoTi Framework focuses on the use of technology as a tool within the context of student based instruction with a constant emphasis on higher order thinking

1. Curriculum-Based Technology Integration Activities - Baltimore County Public Schools database of lessons
2. Be World Wise - explore the world as a virtual voyager
3. Best Practices of Technology Integration - Michigan Dept of Education sponsors this site. Lessons divided by grade levels and subject areas. Need Acrobat Reader to access lessons.
4. Bowling Green School District - lesson plan ideas that integrate the use of technology into the curriculum for the purpose of professional learning and discussion
5. Cinquain lesson - Use this technology integration lesson in a variety of subjects.
6. Database Exploration - examples of starting points you could build a lesson on
7. A Day in the Life - This lesson examines how technology and media have changed over the past fifty years, and how this has influenced everyday life. middle school lesson
8. East Ramapo Instructional Technology - Integrated technology lessons for Grades K-4; uses word processing and Paint software.
9. ETrip - (PreK - 12) step by step directions for the students, all subject areas - from the Instructional Technology Department, Midway ISD, Waco,TX
10. Fast Food Fun - Use the Internet and spreadsheets to find calories and fat in a typical fast food meal. Then visit the United States Department of Agriculture to find out more about healthy eating guidelines.
11. Graphing Stratospheric Ozone - a project posted at the Exploratorium, designed for high school students
12. High School Computer Lessons using Office - by Patricia Nicholson
13. Internet Integration Activities - Student activities using Internet sites incorporated into the lesson. These are similar to Webguide lessons - using an Internet site to collect data and use it in creating a product.
14. Kent School District Technology Lesson Plans - lessons created by Kent School District teachers
15. Lesson Plans from East Detroit Public Schools - lesson plans which integrate technology (Elementary, Middle, and High)
16. The Media Awareness Network - one of the world’s most comprehensive collections of media education and Internet literacy resources
17. Microsoft Word Templates - many to select from that match curriculum.
18. Microsoft Education
    1. Buy Low, Sell High - Students learn how to invest in corporate stocks by creating investment "portfolios." They develop worksheets to track each portfolio's performance, and then report results to the class. (Uses MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)
    2. Tell a totem story - In this lesson, students will research their own family history and create a totem pole to describe that history. (Uses MS Word and PowerPoint)
    3. World Pizza - In this project, students embrace the best of both worlds by first imagining a global pizza with ingredients from all over, and then developing a savvy, sensitive plan to market the product in a very particular place. (Uses MS Excel)
    4. more lesson plans at the Microsoft site.
19. National Educational Technology Standards - from ISTE
20. Norman Public Schools Teachers Technology Tools - Lesson templates for Office applications.
21. Technology Curriculum Integration Ideas - Lists of ideas for various software such as PowerPoint, Word, Web Activities, Hyperstudio categorized by subject areas.
22. Technology Integration Made Easy - TIME Lessons were created to provide teachers with an easy method of integrating computer skills into subject area content from the classroom. These lessons are correlated with the N. C. Computer Curriculum
23. Technology Integration Possibilities - From Longview ISD Instructional Technology Specialists, an organizational graph of the different ways and types of integration for teachers in the classroom. A good starting point to get an idea of the many possibilities for the use of technology.
24. Technology Integration Projects - Projects in all subject areas in all grades. Clear and concise directions to complete student tasks, along with outcomes, activities,rubrics, and resources. Excellent site for ideas on projects using technology integration. Click on the Division sections to access the lessons.
25. Technology-Supported Lessons Online - View the complete presentations demonstrating effective technology integration methods in a variety of K-12 content areas.
26. Teaching with the Web - from Kennesaw State University, organized by grade level - ideas to get you started
27. Teaching with the Web - a compilation of ideas for using WWW resources as a language teaching tool.
28. Tips and Ideas on Classroom Integration for Little Kids - Ideas to create Technology Literacy Centers and activities. At the bottom of the page you will find a link to Lesson Plans.
29. Traveling to Mexico - 6th grade lesson plan
30. Web-bits - A Web-Bit is a short, learning-based activity that uses the World Wide Web as the resource for gaining information. The activities included in the Web-Bit stress a variety of responses and emphasize critical thinking and higher-order thinking skills.
31. The WebGuide template as a Word document - or - The WebGuide template as an online template
32. What do you want to use technology for? - Get ideas on how to utilize a certain kind of technology or a combination of different technologies to accomplish specific learning objectives.
33. Where Do I Live? - social studies lesson plan on using neighborhood maps

Brochure:

Students create a brochure:

1. as a book review to get others to read this book, including setting, characters, plot, opinion of book, etc
2. for parents relaying information of upcoming projects that will be done in class (this also will serve to help students understand the assignments and activities they will be doing)
3. about an invention they have researched. Things that can be included are graphics, why this invention is important, how much is it worth and why it is worth buying, what the world would be like without this invention and why every home should have one, how it is going to improve the quality of life.
4. for their after-school club to help attain new members
5. create an ad for restaurants
6. create a brochure for a new day care
7. create ad for women factory workers after researching the era.

Newsletters:

Students can use a newsletter format to create:

1. Eye-Witness Reports- After studying an event in history, have students report on various happenings during this time period,in first person, as an eye-witness to the event. Class will create a newspaper dated the time of the happenings.
2. Newsletter highlighting their after-school club events to share information with the rest of the students.

Databases and Spreadsheets:

1. Set up a bookstore as a way of earning extra money for school events, selling unusual items . Keep an inventory in a database and how many of each item is needed and sold. Use Excel to keep a tally of the price of items and income earned . Create a Price List to pass out to students and future customers in Word or Excel.
2. Have students make a class inventory of furniture and art supplies on hand in a database. Estimate needs of art supplies and what should be ordered for class projects and the amount needed to purchase these in Excel.
3. Clubs can create a membership information database to share with students.
4. While doing Oral History Reports where students interview people on various topics, enter data in a database and compare answers to various questions and graph with Excel similarities and differences using various criteria to set up the queries.
5. After studying a nutrition unit, create a survey in Word for fellow students on their favorite cafeteria food. After the survey, students create a graph depicting the survey results. Create database on food items selected and nutritional information. Use queries to pull up data in various ways and make graphs with data.
6. Compare stories read in class throughout the school year by creating a database of story characters. Create queries to compare and contrast the traits of main characters. This may also be used for story settings or plots or any other story element.
7. Vacation Planner - create a budget in a spreadsheet
8. How I spent my day - create a spreadsheet on total hours and how each was spent, then create a pie graph representing percentages.
9. Recipes - Menus and ingredients. Use formulas to increase for multiples.
10. Database of scientists of various centuries and their discoveries.
11. Daily log of nutrition.

Word Documents:

1. After discussing American Revolution or any other subject, have students adopt a role by choosing a side and write a persuasive letter trying to convince the other side to see things their way.
2. After discussing the Pilgrims and Indians, have students take on the role of either group, Pilgrim or Indian, and write a friendly letter to the other, thanking them for their help and inviting them to a big celebration to honor their friendship.
3. While studying English grammar, instead of having the children copy from their English text, have the students create their own sentences for others to correct in a word processor document, saving them and then exchanging the sentences with a partner.
4. English Grammar - Teacher type in some sentences for the class and save document. Have students come up and make all the nouns red and all the pronouns blue by highlighting and changing font color. Students can check each other.
5. Develop a multi-cultural calendar. After discussing two or three different cultures, brainstorm with students various other cultures and have pairs of students decide what ethnic or religious culture they would like to learn about. After researching holidays and customs of cultures have students enter data in a calendar layout. Create the calendar by using the Calendar Wizard. In a separate word document, have students write a synopsis of the holiday customs. Display the calendar in class and discuss the various holidays as they appear through the school year.
6. Create Business cards
7. Create a wanted poster using a flyer layout.
8. Create ration coupons after studying the era.

Task Cards: Don't let the students wander aimlessly around the Internet. Create tasks for Internet sites.

Planning Templates | Task Card (5x8) | Task card (full sheet) | Assessment Planning | Web-based Lesson or Activity | Elementary Lesson Plan

Management Ideas-

Check here for a list of sites that can help in Classroom Management

Internet Integration

1. Cyber Bee has a page of Curriculum Ideas dedicated to examples of how the Web can be used in the classroom

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