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This 3 page paper begins with general comments about integrating technology into the classroom and includes an example from a 2nd grade classroom to demonstrate the use of technology even at very early grades. The paper then provides an outline of a lesson module for grades 6-8 entitled Family Budget. Objectives and outcomes are identified. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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must be able to use technology effectively" (NETS, 2005). Integrating technology, however, is not simply a matter of equipping classrooms with all of the right hardware and software. As Boyle
(2005) points out, all the right hardware and software will not result in success; there needs to be a continuing curriculum for computer literacy or technology literacy. This belief is
shared by many individual educators and organizations. The National Educational Technology Standards Project (NETS), for instance, has developed sequential benchmark standards of proficiency for each grade level (NETS, 2005). There
must also be an ongoing training program for teachers. Any teacher who integrates technology into the curriculum needs to be aware that the dynamics in the classroom will change. Robbins
(2002), a teacher in an intermediate school said: "To teach in a technology enriched classroom the teacher must first realize that they will be giving up some control." When technology
is in the classroom, students become more independent, which places the teacher in the role of facilitator for much of the time (Robbins, 2002). Technology has been used successfully to
enhance learning in all grade levels and in all subject areas. Fletcher (2001), for instance, reported a case study where 2nd graders used "electronic editing tools to revise and edit
their writing" (p. 155). This was an urban multicultural classroom of 27 students, eight of whom were included in the study (Fletcher, 2001). Students were grouped into four pairs so
they could help each other (Fletcher, 2001). The purpose was "to determine if, and to what extent, the students use of computer editing tools would help them revise and edit
book reports they would eventually post on their class webpage [sic]" (Fletcher, 2001, p. 155). The study was conducted within the context of a literacy program that incorporated talking, reading,
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