Technology can be used in many ways as an integral part of the curriculum to meet the needs of diverse learners. For example, it can introduce into the classroom exciting curricula based on real-world problems; provide scaffolds and tools to enhance learning; give students and teachers more opportunities for feedback, reflection, and revision; and build local and global communities where people gather and share information. Technology can help students recognize, organize, and represent knowledge.

Technology tools are defined as materials, media, and devices that can potentially increase, maintain, or improve students’ functional capabilities, access to instructional activities, meaning-making, and motivation. Technology tools fall within a continuum of low-tech, mid-tech, and high-tech tools.

To help you to integrate technology into the curriculum we provide the following:

• An overview of low-, mid-, and high-tech tools

• Vignettes of teachers using technology as part of the instructional process

• Links to articles about technology integration

• Links to websites about technology integration

• Links to websites about assistive technology

Articles about Technology Integration (Links will open in new windows.)

Perspectives on Technology in Special Education by A. Edward Blackhurst
http://www.cec.sped.org/bk/aprtec.html

Assistive Technology for Students with Mild Disabilities: Update 2002 by Michael Behrmann and Marci Kinas Jerome
http://ericec.org/digests/e623.html

Using Technology to Enhance the Writing Processes of Students with Learning Disabilities by Charles A. McArthur
http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/technology/tech_writing.html

Universal Design for Learning by David Rose and Anne Meyer
http://jset.unlv.edu/15.1/asseds/rose.html

Universal Design for Individual Differences by David Rose and Anne Meyer
http://www.cast.org/udl/index.cfm?i=1363

Computer-based Solutions for Secondary Students with Learning Disabilities: Emerging Issues by Lynne Anderson-Inman
http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/technology/anderson-inman_rwq.html

Tech Tools for Students with Learning Disabilities: Infusion into Inclusive Classrooms by Jane Quenneville
http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/technology/tech_tools.html

How to Support Students with Learning Differences by Leonard V. Pisano
http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/technology/assistive_technology_howto.html

Instructional Approaches Used to Integrate Literacy and Technology by Elizabeth A. Baker
http://www.readingonline.org/articles/baker/

Reading, Writing, and Technology: A Healthy Mix in the Social Studies Curriculum by Susan M. Tancock
http://www.readingonline.org/articles/tancock/index.html

Computer-based Concept Mapping: Promoting Meaningful Learning in Science for Students with Disabilities by Lynne Anderson-Inman, Leslie Ditson, and Mary T. Ditson
http://www.rit.edu/~easi/itd/itdv05n1-2/article2.html

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WebSites About Technology Integration (Links will open in new windows.)

techLEARNING.com is produced by Technology & Learning Magazine, with contributions from hundreds of K-12 teachers, administrators and other experts in the field.
http://www.techlearning.com/

www 4teachers offers information about how teachers are using technology in their classrooms, advice from technology experts, research on technology-based lesson plans, and more.
http://www.4teachers.org/

TeAch-nology.com offers teachers free access to lesson plans, printable worksheets, rubrics, teaching tips, advice from expert teachers, web quests, and more.
http://www.teach-nology.com/

Education World features a technology center with numerous resources such as articles, lesson plans, and software reviews.
http://www.educationworld.com/technology/

ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) is a nonprofit professional organization dedicated to providing leadership and service to improve teaching and learning by advancing the effective use of technology in K–12 education and teacher education. ISTE’s web site contains coverage of many topics relevant to the educational technology community.
http://www.iste.org/

PBS Teacher Source has a technology and teaching section that features tutorials and information about the latest K-12 technology research.
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/teachtech.htm

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The Family Center on Technology and Disability (FCTD) offers a range of information and services on the subject of assistive technology (AT).
http://www.fctd.info/

LD Online has features a section that explores new developments in technology and the promise and realities of making technology work for people with learning disabilities.
http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/technology/technology.html

The Alliance for Technology Access (ATA) is dedicated to providing information and support services to children and adults with disabilities and increasing their use of standard, assistive, and information technologies.
http://www.ataccess.org/

The Center for Assistive Technology conducts research and provides education and services to increase knowledge about assistive devices for people with disabilities.
http://cat.buffalo.edu/

ABLEDATA is a federally funded project whose primary mission is to provide information on assistive technology and rehabilitation equipment available from domestic and international sources.
http://www.abledata.com

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