Technology in classroom

One way, and the most recent way that I remember using technology effectively for a class was in my Childrens' Lit class last semester here at Towson. We had a textbook for that class that was very thorough and well written. It was so thorough that there was a website that "accompanied" the book. Every so often there would be a "listen here" marker printed in italics. What one had to do was go to the website and find the code that matches up to the place in the book to listen to sound clips/interviews, watch videos or read articles--all expanding on the text. Our teacher would assign what she called on "read and listen" every week, so that we could discuss our findings the very next week in class. I know this is using very basic technologies, but I think it is ingenious how the textbook incorporated a very thorough website to act as a bridge to help connect and expand/elaborate upon the written text. And I can see using books like these in the future with my students. It is far more engaging than only reading dull texts.