I'm in my fourth year of teaching in the Art department at Wheaton North High School; my preps have included Into to Art, Graphic Design, Photography and Interior Design. Each semester I've tried to further integrate technology into my curriculum. This has taken a variety of forms, from using the Internet for a virtual field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, to budgeting and planning for a kitchen redesign. I'm comfortable as a technology user, but still consider myself to be in the early stages of learning how to effectively merge my personal use with the development of new teaching strategies and learning opportunities to achieve the goals of my curriculum.
The class definition of technology integration as "a process of bringing the use of technology into learning environments (devoted to other outcomes) in a way that streamlines/enhances/supplements/transforms the understanding of both" describes the goal I've been striving for in my own classrooms. Although there are students that need basic instruction on using computers and the Internet, that is not the focus of my activities. I try to include the 'Big Picture' in each of my lessons, reinforcing that the technology is a tool, not an end unto itself.
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