This book discusses how to effectively integrate technology into the classroom. It examines the benefits of curriculum development utilizing technology and presents sample learning activities. Highlights include: technology's past and present role in education; access to computers; the roles of teacher and learner; professional development; curriculum rewards, including two specific cases in point; strategic planning; integrated classroom technology projects; the uses of e-mail, the Internet, distance learning, and commercial online services; various technologies, including CD-ROMs and CD players, television, video and laser technology, digital cameras, and scanners and portfolios; ways to encourage schools or districts to develop educational technology programs; and effective and encouraging teacher behaviors. Also included is a list of suggested journals, organizations, and resources that may prove useful when integrating technology into the classroom. (Contains 28 references.) (AEF)