Here are some ideas for monitoring the usage of school computers in the classroom. If these rules are followed, the teacher will act as a human firewall protecting the integrity of the assignment while steering students from harm.

Though I know I am over-thinking this, I am having trouble putting the cart before the horse. I think that my style will make me more at ease with the ADDIE model (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation). Yet I am not quite sure where I want my Instructional Design to go or what I want to accomplish; and each model is well suited for different goals.

“A major goal of middle-school education is to make students responsible for their own learning. Adolescents must be active participants in setting academic goals for themselves, deciding how to accomplish these goals, and assessing their achievements” (SmallPlanet, 2000). Any educator specializing in the middle schools or administrator having to govern over middle schools must absolutely understand the psyche of the age group and understand the level of development.

Effectively integrating technology into class curriculum is essential to developing students who are able to become productive members of society. NTeQ( iNtegrating Technology for inquiry) was designed to enable teachers to accomplish the need of successfully combining technology into the curriculum.