The foundation of a strong educational technology program is support of an institution’s academic curriculum. A recent blog post,“We Are All Technology Teachers,” presents the benefits of embedding technology into classroom instruction. Instead of viewing technology as a stand-alone enrichment class, more is accomplished by using these tools every day across the curriculum. Much like a language immersion program, students absorb more content in a more meaningful way when it is taught in context. This leads to a needed shift in technology support. Rather than spending hours creating and implementing a free-standing technology curriculum, time may be better invested in showing teachers how to use technology to make their classroom instruction even more innovative and effective.
Tags: curriculum, instruction, teaching
