Post #7

Chapter six covered material dealing with the integration of technology, digital media and curriculum. The book defined curriculum is as all of the experiences a learner has under the supervision and guidance of teachers. Technology integration is the combination of all technology parts, such as hardware and software, together with each subject-related area of curriculum to enhance learning. It uses technology to help meet the curriculum standards and learner outcomes of each lesson, unit, or activity. In order for one to be successful with technology integration, they must first identify what it is they are trying to accomplish in their curriculum. The book points out that when planning lessons that use technology, teachers must consider the skills and knowledge level for students to start and complete the lesson successfully. The ASSURE model is a procedural guide for planning and delivering instruction that integrates technologies and media into the teaching process.
Last class we completed assignment 7 which taught me a great deal about making a personal page using wiki. I learned how to create an individual "home" wiki page and also how to become a part of the group page. Additionally, I learned how to include my 5 external links by creating a hyper link text, how to edit the group page, how to either restrict or protect my page, and how to make the page public so anyone can edit the page.
I believe that learning how to make a wiki is a vital tool because it allows me the opportunity to create something that could be of great resource to other teachers who are interested in teaching their students on similar topics. This also taught me how to view other people's wikis that could be of great use to me as an educator, if i were looking for lesson plans or information on a specific subject matter. Wiki is so convenient because is is the simplest online database that could possibly work. I decided to learn more about wikis and found that wikis are often used to create collaborative websites, power community websites, and are increasingly being installed by businesses to provide affordable and effective intranets or for use in knowledge management. However, some argue that these systems could be easily tampered with.