Post # 7

Chapter six taught me a lot of information about curriculum integration. I learned that a curriculum is the knowledge, skills, and performance standards that students are expected to acquire in particular grade levels, or through sequences or clusters based on subject matter units of instruction. I also learned that technology integration is the combination of all technology parts, for instance hardware & software, together with subject-related area of curriculum to enhance learning. When planning lessons for one's class, a teacher could use the ASSURE Model, which is a procedural guide for planning and delivering instruction that integrates technologies and media into the teaching process. These are just a few things that I learned from Chapter Six.
This past week, I learned how to make a Wiki. i thought it was really cool how one can access other people sites and change things or even just comment. Some of these sites could be used for educational purposes or even just for fun. I also learned a lot about the 2007 presidential candidates, which was pretty cool.
One thing that I would like to discuss with the class this week is a little story about wikis. When I was in high school I had to do a project about my high school, A.C. Mosley High School. I immediately accessed the Internet and went to work. After looking at my school's website and at articles about my school, I went to wikipedia.com. I started reading and I was so freaked out. According to this website, my high school was built on an old grave yard, and it is haunted by ghosts. At first, I thought it was true (at the time I didn't know how wikis worked). So I added this information into my project and when my teacher returned my project back to me, I saw that I received a c. It was a tough lesson to learn, but I learned that wikis are what other people say, they aren't concrete information.