Content Area Literacy Lessons Go High Tech

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Content Area Literacy Lessons Go High Tech

• By
• Hollie Folsom

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Teaching Technology in the Content Areas

• Within the article there are lessons developed by
  education graduate students integrating
  technology and literacy.

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Lesson 1

• Written by an Art teacher
• The teacher integrated technology by taking
  digital pictures of students completed art work.
• The teacher then used a Power Point presentation
  to show the following classes what a completed
  project would look like.

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National Educational Technology Standards for
Lesson 1

• NEST Students
• Students use technology tools to enhance
  learning, increase productivity and promote
  creativity.
• NETS Teachers
• Plan strategies to manage student learning in a
  technology enhanced environment.
• Apply technology to develop students higher
  order skills and creativity.
• Apply technology to increase productivity.

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Lesson 2

• This teacher planned a virtual field trip where
  the students traveled to different sites on the
  internet to look for where bald eagles have been
  spotted.
• After the trip the students composed letters
  using word processing software to write a letter
  to a local zoo asking questions about bald
  eagles. The letters were sent by email.
• The students collected all the information from
  the zoo responses into a database.

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National Educational Technology Standards for
Lesson 2

• NETS students
• Students use technology to enhance learning,
  increase productivity, and promote creativity.
• Students use productivity to collaborate in
  constructing technology enhanced models, prepare
  publications and produce other creative works.
• Students use telecommunications to collaborate,
  publish and interact with peers, experts, and
  other audiences.
• Students uses technology to locate, evaluate and
  collect information from a variety of sources.

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Conclusion

• The author reminds the reader to think broadly.
• Is the technology appropriate for the age group?
• Always have a back up plan!
• Let the technology enhance the lesson, not
  overwhelm it.