Ideas for technology integration

My plans for technology-integration lesson will be for the grade level I teach which is 3rd grade. The subject area that I am aiming for is reading since I am currently in charge of my grade levels reading lesson plans. Also, at our campus we implement Reader’s Workshop, which means that our reading block is for an hour and about 45 minutes. We start the reading block with a 15-minute mini-lesson that is over the concept for the week. Then there is a 20-minute independent center. Following the center, the children break up into their workshop groups that change from day-to-day.
One of the first ways I would like to incorporate technology is by having a pre assessment with a Google docs quiz on what they already know on the subject. This will allow me to see what they understand and their misconceptions over the subject. I can use the spreadsheet to help me differentiate the lessons a bit. Plus, I like that this will allow me to see exactly where I need to start the lesson.
In order to engage the learners, I would like to incorporate some kind of web video to introduce the overall concept. One of the websites that I have found very useful is Brainpop Jr. This contains cartoon videos over a majority of the subjects. Plus, it contains vocabulary; online quizzes, games, and even lesson plan activities.
Once the students have been introduced to the concept, I would then like for them to create a blog. On this blog I would like them to answer the following questions:
1. What do you think you know about the subject already?
2. What kind of activities would you like to do?
3. What areas are you still confused with?
4. What would you like to learn more about with the concept?
The reason I would like to have blogs before any activity is because I want the students to feel that their opinions and thoughts are valued in our class. It will help them with ownership of the entire lesson.
Along the way, I would also include online games. One of my personal favorites is the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire template. I like that I can assess what students know and can see where they need more help. Plus, it breaks away from the paper and pencil routine.
As for their workshop time I would find online games that the students could use during their computer station. Then I would create a Google Docs form for them to use during their Book Talk period with questions like: What was your groups favorite part and why? Was there any part of the story that you would change and way? This could all be done with our school IPod cart. For our guided reading portion, I would find an Ebook that we could read and use the Neu Annotate program on our IPods to answer questions, highlight, etc
I would also like to create a class website to include the blogs we have used and to post the students work on an online portfolio. I would upload videos of the students playing games and the lessons from throughout the week. I’d also like to create Podcasts of the students explaining what we had been doing for the entire week.