Integrating Successfully

I read the winter '06 article from i.e. magazine. The article was entitled "Integrating Successfully" and it was written by Wendy McMahon. The article talked about a school district in Connecticut, and, more specifically, Hall Memorial Elementary School. The school was awarded the Blue Chip School Grant, and began purchasing new technological classroom implements (i.e. the SMART Board). I was interested to hear how the school changed, when the technology was introduced. Students became excited to learn, "With so much excitement about
learning, discipline issues are nonexistent." I almost cannot believe such a statement about an American public school classroom. The article also talked about how the teachers became excited to teach. When they had discovered something new, or where shown something new by their students, they could hardly wait to show it to the next teacher. It was said that the school "changed from a closed-door environment to a more collaborative environment[.]" I would love to be a part of this process. I love technology and watching it alter the way things are done, and most of the time it looks really cool too!