Welcome to Technology in Education - On-line! This web site will offer educators an opportunity to explore ways to integrate technology into their curriculum.

The Idea:

Many have talked about technology in education and integrating technology into the classroom. But do people understand the concept? If I present to a classroom a PowerPoint presentation regarding a subject does that mean I'm integrating technology? If I use a software program to test students by having them answer multiple choice questions am I encouraging critical thinking skills?

Technology can be an important tool to encourage higher level thinking skills but how often are they used for improving test taking skills? In this day and age of NCLB, there are too many tech companies promoting technology that follows the idea of improving test skills and less of the higher level thinking skills. It is my hope that this web site will assist educators with moving beyond teaching to the test.

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions please feel free to contact me.

Alan J. Taylor
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Article Appearing in NJAET Journal - Winter 2008

The Moodle Classroom - A New Kind of Classroom 

If I were to climb inside the Way-Back machine (think Peabody and Sherman), I would see classroom days of sitting in class feeling extremely restless and not being a very good passive receptor of information or knowledge. In those days there wasn’t much interaction among students. If I journey back to present day, I see some of the same things happening. In some classrooms, students are sitting with that glazed over look in their eyes as they are spoon-fed information that they "need" to know for the next test or to prepare for some state-wide standardized test.