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Jennifer Lynn Coomes Higdon

WikiNotes on Language Arts

and Digital Curriculum


 * **"Technology should be like oxygen: Ubiquitous, Necessary, and Invisible."- Chris Lehman**
 * **"He who learns from one who is learning drinks from a flowing river."- Unknown**


 * DIGITAL CURRICULUM INTEGRATION PLANS**



a. "Funny Teacher Rant" You Tube Video: [] b. Technology is here to stay- Article from //Messenger Inquirer// Sunday March 7, 2010
 * I. INTRODUCTION**


 * II. DIGITAL CURRICULUM**

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b. "R2D2: An ed-tech model that computes." //eSchool News//. p. 9. Feb 2010. See side link.

c. Video on Harrison Central High School []

d. 8 schools provide ideas and inspiration for 21st century education []


 * III. PRIMARY SOURCE MATERIAL-EVAN ABBEY**

a. [|The_Digital_Curriculum_31F3935ECBABA.pdf]

b. Mayben, Robert. "Technology Integration: Secondary Schools" 3/6/2010. Available at []

c. A Lexington, KY, middle school is successfully preparing students for the technological world of the 21st Century...

[|http://www.teachingk-8.com archives/school_story/a_school_thats_really_high_tech_by_linda_lindroth_technology_editor_allen_raymond_publisher_and_patricia_broderick_editorial_director.html]

d. [|www.mobilelearninginstitute.org]

The Mobile Learning Institute’s film series “A 21st Century Education” profiles individuals who embrace and defend fresh approaches to learning and who confront the urgent social challenges that are part of a 21st century experience. “A 21st Century Education” compiles, in short film format, the best ideas around school reform. The series is meant to start, extend, or nudge the conversation about how to make change in education happen.


 * IV. BOOKMARKED SITES ON DIIGO: Jennifer Higdon's List of 54 Technology and Language Arts Resources**

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Facing History and Ourselves and Digital Education: []
 * V. THE FUTURE IS DIGITAL- RECENTLY ACKNOWLEDGED BY PRES. OBAMA FACING HISTORY GOING DIGITAL**



"Mr. Bean Goes to the Swimming Pool" An Analogy for Intergrating Technology Into the Classroom: []
 * VI. COURAGE TO JUMP IN AND GET WET**

"The Value of a Teacher" You Tube Video: [] "The Starfish Story" You Tube Video: []
 * VII. THE REASON WE DO WHAT WE DO**