District purchased textbooks usually have a section referencing how to use technology to enhance their units which meet curricular standards, as well as software, overhead transparencies, and laser disks. Many novels can be tested via Accelerated Reader computer programs which hold the student to high standards of reading. If you are not sure what the curriculum outlines, ask your department chair for the newest copy of curriculum and standards guidelines from the state and district. Currently, in California, new standards have been written in Language Arts and Math, with Social Studies and Science soon to follow. Each department needs to research their pedagogy and tie in technology with the curriculum and standards.
Research is the key word here.
For technology to be the valuable instrument it was intended to be in education, a lot of research and effort will go into planning. The technology plan includes not only how technology enhances the curriculum, but also what a student using the technology may do in such an environment. Strategies of teaching and learning are included, showing how they can be enhanced as a result of technology integration. Therefore, it is important for each discipline to thoroughly research the integration of technology into its curriculum and make specific strategies and lesson plans to insure that happens. The specific details and strategies of what can be expected in math, science, language arts, and art, for example, should be included in the plan.