Edutopia: Technology Uses

I just read an article titled, "Seven Tech Integration Lesson Plans: Let the Voting Begin!, written by Mary Hertz. I am always looking for creative ideas to incorporate technology into the classroom.  Coming up with ideas from scratch is a time consuming process.  We all know that as teachers we are strapped for time.  I enjoy learning about new ideas for the classroom.  The article covers all grades which is a great source for everyone.  One lesson that I thought was excellent was creating a video.  Students could create a 30 second video depicting a key term.  This idea will definitely help students store information into their long term memory.  The only problem is that technology in my school is barely existent.  One way to solve this problem is having students bring in their own technology.  One of my favorite directors, Park Chan-Wook, just completed a 30 minute short film using his Iphone.  It is an exciting time for technology.