Marian is a consultant and speaker for The George Lucas Educational Foundation and an instructor in the Instructional Technologies Department at San Francisco State University. She is also the primary author of the Technology Integration, Project Based Learning and Assessment modules provided on The George Lucas Educational Foundation's Edutopia website.

Having taught 23 years in K-12 classrooms, Marian promotes project-based learning and technology integration -- where curriculum and the learning process drive technology use. Marian was one of the featured speakers at the 2005 State Technology Conference.

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Technology Integration Considerations for Teacher

Technology Integration Considerations for Leadership

What is technology integration? What does a classroom look like when technology is being integrated effectively? Where/how do I start? How do I incorporate technology content standards into my existing instructional classroom activities? What are the three most important things I need to do in the classroom to make my technology integration efforts successful? How do I effectively use technology in the classroom everyday? How can I use technology to supplement a lesson I've already taught - follow-up - remediation, enrichment? How do I use online resources to supplement lessons? How can I manage assignments and classroom resources so that students' time is used more efficiently when using the Internet for a project? How can I be sure students are submitting their own work and not work they have copied from another student or an Internet source? What do I do when the computers are scarce? How can I leverage the resources?

What is technology integration? How do we implement the state technology standards? How can we utilize staff to work with teachers integrating technology into the classroom? How can I tell the difference between ineffective technology usage and effective technology integration? How do I recognize, publicize and/or feature individuals who are successfully integrating technology in their classrooms? What are some effective ways to observe, recognize, verify and measure the success of integration efforts in the classroom? What does good utilization look like? How can I encourage my administrators to support technology integration professional development? What are some suggestions for motivating reluctant teachers to participate in technology professional development? How do you sustain the momentum of PD initiatives after the initial sessions? How can the district promote their professional development efforts to the outside community stakeholders?