Franco Paoletti discusses integrating technology into instruction through applied projects in a school district. He outlines principles for efficient technology integration, including the five elements of access, connectivity, resources, integration, and guidance. Modern science requires technology like computers for modeling complex systems. Paoletti secured funding through grants for technology projects to build a point-of-service computer system and enhance the science department with multimedia capabilities. Effective technology integration relies on hands-on, problem-based learning and the ASSURE model of analyzing learners and requiring student participation.

1. F. Paoletti – Integrating Technology in the Instructional Machine
Franco Paoletti, PhD
East Windsor Regional School District
Integrating Technology in the
Instructional Machine
Teachers as Scholars – Program in Teacher Preparation –
“Technology and the Human Experience” – Prof. M.S. Mahoney
Princeton University - July 2006

2. F. Paoletti – Integrating Technology in the Instructional Machine
Motivation
Identify the needs of modern education: technology incorporation into
educational instruction
Design and implement applied projects to enhance technology integration in a
specific school district
Outline
Introduce principles, procedures, and techniques, used for efficient technology
integration
Cutting-edge science requires technology
Applied projects:
Successful grants proposals and funding appropriation
Building a “low-cost” point-of-service computer station system
Technology as a complement to instruction

3. F. Paoletti – Integrating Technology in the Instructional Machine
Theory and practice of technology integration
“The education of the future, as I see it, will be conducted through the
medium of the motion picture, a visualized education, where it should be
possible to obtain one hundred percent efficiency. ” … “In ten years,
textbooks as the principal medium of teaching will be as obsolete as the
horse and carriage are now.” Thomas Edison (~1910).
Five Elements for effective Technology Incorporation
Access, Connectivity, Resources, Integration, and Guidance
A New Era of Instructional Methodologies
teacher-centered → active-interactive student-centered approach
teacher becomes facilitator / leader providing guidance
Obstacles along the Path of Technology Incorporation
limited teacher proficiency and lack of training → “inertia to change”
limited availability of hardware ↔ budget constraints ??!!

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Technology Incorporation and the Learning Process
“Authentic learning” methodology
hands-on, enquiry-based activities using the scientific method of
investigation real-life situations / problems→
“Problem-based” instruction
Learning through discovery and exploration using previously acquired
knowledge or expertise higher-order-thinking→ , mental bridges, critical
thinking
The ASSURE Model of Instruction for Effective Use of Technology
Analyze the Learner
State Objectives and Expectations
Select the Materials and Media
Utilize the Materials and Media
Require Student Participation
Evaluation and Feedback

5. F. Paoletti – Integrating Technology in the Instructional Machine
Modern science requires technology
Computers are needed to progress in cutting-edge scientific research
Computer programming opens the scientific investigation to a virtual modeling world of
extreme complexity
Computer simulations of complex systems allow predictions and discoveries otherwise
unachievable through human brain power alone
Modern science is intimately integrated with technology and permeates all aspects of our
everyday life
When science is taught out of context students loose interest and motivation
Computer technology allows to bring the science of the real world inside the
classroom in a virtual environment
Example: The Internet Plasma Physics Education Experience (IPPEX)
COMING SOON: The Internet Education Space Science Interactive Project (IESSIP)

6. F. Paoletti – Integrating Technology in the Instructional Machine
Securing Funding for Technology Integration
Public school districts’ budgets not large enough to accommodate all
requests for technology upgrade at all levels across the curriculum
technology (hardware and software) becoming obsolete at a very fast rate
Grant writing as a tool to secure of funds for technology integration
Multimedia Technology Capabilities Enhancement at the Hightstown High
School Science Department
dedicated TV set equipped with a DVD/CD/VCR player
Science and Technology of the Industrial World within the Classroom Walls
replace some of the laboratory activities of Chemistry/Physics courses with self
contained virtual modules dealing with real problems from the perspective of a
technician working in an industrial plant
application of “Authentic learning” methodology and “Problem-based” instruction

7. F. Paoletti – Integrating Technology in the Instructional Machine
Building a “point-of-service” Multimedia Center
Computer labs centrally located vs.
point-of-service systems right in
the classroom
Procured hardware (15 computers)
through the Princeton University
Surplus program
Costs limited to cabling, setup, and
operating systems
purchase/installation
Demonstrated feasibility of project
with the use of extremely limited
available funds

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From the Jacquard Loom to the Classroom Desk
FP
… and the evolution continues …

9. F. Paoletti – Integrating Technology in the Instructional Machine
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