Technology Integration in the Elementary Classroom
Always look first at what students are learning and then see how technology can broaden and deepen their learning experience.
- Create a class digital portfolio that will be a "work in progress" during the school year
- Set up a Daily Activity
and have students responsible each day (Sample
created Using Inspiration)
- Time for Kids for current events
- Today in History
- Weather Around the World - take readings in two or more places and keep track all year
- Today's Birthday
- Sunrise and Sunset
- Math Problem of the Week
- Daily Buzzword
- Communicate with another class through e-mail
- Read fiction online, created by kids
- Study Current Events
- Kids Newsroom - articles written by other students
- Weekly Reader
- Scholastic News Online
- Sport Illustrated for Kids
- New York Times Learning Network
- Do shared reading online
- Follow an Online Trip or Expedition
- Communicate with an Expert
- Join an Online Game
- GeoGame
- You Be the Historian
- Who Dunnit? Be a forensic scientist
- Join a Collaborative Project
- Conduct research with sites
rich in multimedia
- Web Exhibits
- Archiving Early America
- Video Clips from CNN
- Native American Research Module
- History Wired: Virtual Tour of selected objects from the collections of the National Museum of American History
- History and Politics Outloud
- Experience an Interactivity or Virtual Experience
Sample Online Activity Created Using Inspiration
Sample Online Activity Created Using Kidspiration
Class Created Activities