Integrating Technology into the Curriculum

In David Warlick's presentation last week, he said schools need to stop integrating technology into the curriculum, to instead embrace technology as our students have. I agree.

I am sad when I see technology integration training that includes things like, "Fifty-two ways to use Microsoft Word in the Classroom," or other applications like that. Without curriculum focus and alignment, how can a teacher use a list like that?

My daughter's Calculus teacher seems to embrace technology. She has the students text answers to her during class activities. She has a text group for my daughter's class, she sends reminders when they have homework.