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Gretchen Gatchel ggcat@verizon.net http://ggcat.wikispaces.com I teach 2nd grade at Carrcroft Elementary School in the Brandywine School District. I also play guitar and practice yoga. I would love to learn more about how to integrate technology into my classroom besides just drill and practice software and websites.

Ideas for Technology Integration Lesson:
 * 1) In the second grade math unit: How Many Pockets, How Many Teeth? children investigate data collection and data organization. The unit concludes with a data project in which children design their own survey questionnaire and organize the data in a chart or graph form. After learning how to create their own graphs and charts, children can be taught how to make charts and graphs using excel or some other type of data management software. Additionally, a wiki site could be set up for children to post their survey questions. Students would then respond to each question on the wiki site and as a class we could compare and contrast the variety of responses. Students could work in teams to select one set of survey responses form the wiki page to create a chart or graph. The wiki page could also serve to compare and contrast data between classrooms.
 * 2) There are many ways to integrate technology into reading units. In __The Secret Life of Trees__, for example, students could brainstorm and post what they know about trees and what they would like to learn about trees on a class wiki page. After reading the story they could also post interesting facts that they learned after reading the text. Students would then use internet sites to research their questions about trees that may not have been answered from reading the text, or even research a topic in more depth. Students can share their research with each other and comment on it through the wiki page as well.
 * 3) To integrate technology into the writing curriculum, students can select a piece of writing from their portfolio and type it using a word processing program. After, students can ask for peer editing assistance or feedback by publishing it to a wiki site.