Using Technology to Teach Students with Behavioral and Emotional Difficulties by Robin Skogen Web address: Click here for video introduction Click here for video introduction

Why? To provide “hands on” instruction To maximize learning opportunities To enlarge their world

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Handout 1. ASSESS YOUR RESOURCES: a. Student skills and attitudes b. Teacher skills and attitudes c. Access computer time d. Resources: hardware and software 2. GOALS AND PLANNING a. Get wired with Internet access and a reliable computer at Get informed: Visit a professional organization’s Web site regularly c. Get e-ducated: Subscribe to an newsletter - Two examples include: The Internet TourBus and Computer Hope The Internet TourBus Computer Hope d. Get involved: join other teachers using online dialogue — Examples include: Computer Hope, Tapped In and WWWEDU Computer Hope Tapped In WWWEDU e. Get trained: Find out who does technology training in your school or try: Training Cafe or Online Training Modules Training Cafe Online Training Modules 3. INTREGRATION a. Manage with technology: Use technology to manage your classes. Average grades with a spreadsheet, use mail merge to send parent letters, and surf the Internet for lesson plans. Focus on using technology yourself before introducing it to your students. b. Start small: Set an initial goal of including technology in one content area or unit a month. Have students write a letter with a word processing program, create a graph in a spreadsheet program, or practice math skills using content software. c. Surf in shallow waters: Surfing students misspell site addresses and become distracted by commercial sites. Focus class research by hand- picking relevant, age-appropriate Web sites. For help, check out 42eXplore or the Education World site reviews 42eXplore Education World site reviews d. Online learning tools: Learn how to use WebQuests, scavenger hunts, and other online learning tools -- and how to make your own -- at Ed Index (Click Online Learning Basics on the drop-down menu.) Ed Index e. Test online: Save instructional time and motivate your kids by creating, administering, and grading tests online. Check out the Education World article Motivate While You Integrate Technology: Online Assessment for more information. Motivate While You Integrate Technology: Online Assessment f. Know when to say no: Technology isn’t perfect; it can’t replace face-to face teaching. Learn to determine when technology helps -- and hurts -- the learning process and use it accordingly. Your curriculum, not your computer, should be the focus of technology integration. by Lorrie Jackson in Education World (Copyright © 2002) found on

Assessing & intergrading guide 1. Assess your resources 2. Goals and planning 3. Integration

Blogging PowerPoint online projects learning games webcams creating websites telemontering cd yearbooks

The students at Camelot Elementary tell Education World how computers add to their learning:

-- Betsy H., grade 6 "We use our computers for research for reports. We use programs on the computers for writing our assignments. Sometimes we talk to people from other places and see them when we talk to them."

-- Matt A., grade 6 "The most interesting project I've done is our special interest project. Casey, Devion, and I did it on BMX riding. We used the Internet for information and Microsoft Word for the writing. Then we put it all in HyperStudio and showed it on the SmartBoard."

-- Aimee S., grade 6 “I love to go to the after-school newspaper club every Monday. We publish a newspaper on the Internet about our school and what is going on in and around it."

Bored Before Technology

Engaged After Technology