Chapter 4

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Schools are taking steps to become technology advance, while some are already there.

New Tech High:

New Tech High Learning System is available by Lotus Notes, but trying to make it available on a web portal. System includes curriculum, assessment rubrics, living grade book, and communication tools. Helping students learn how to work collaboratively and with project-base learning. While also helping with learning how to properly balance technology and life.

Lemon Grove School District:

LemonLINK helps provides collaborative learning environment for all. Helps them learn to challenge the standard. Linking students homes and school together so they can access school network at home. The student-to-computer ratio is 1:2. Also within a five year rotation 20% of the teacher go through a training to keep up with how to implement technology into the classroom.

Classroom applications:
Blogs help with the writing process. They can journal or write about the book the class read. By posting these online they help communicate to the public. By allowing comments on the blog others can help with peer review. With the blog they will have a portfolio to go back and look through.

Wikis help with the collaboration process of writing, revising, and updating on a regular basis.

Podcasting helps the students with recording and being able to express themselves.

Digital storytelling [flickr] gets the students interest and maintains it.

The majority of this chapter tells you how certain schools in each area of learning uses  the web 2.0 skills.

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Stood out to me: 
Thankfully, the Internet provides access to teachers who are modeling the use of composition tools and new media in social studies. 
stood out to me because I never would of come to look at other examples that were not pointed out of this book to to look at. 

NETS.T - 3  - Teaching, Learning, and the Curriculum
Teachers implement curriculum plans that include methods and strategies for applying technology to maximize students learning. 
Teachers:
1. facilitate technology-enhanced experiences that address content standards and students technology standards. 
2. use technology to support learner-centered strategies that address the diverse needs of students. 
3. apply technology to develop students' higher-order skills and creativity.
4. manage student learning activities in a technology-enhanced environment.