Let’s Maintain a GOOD CONNECTION

The Technology Policies We Need Now and Why

ISLT 7366Debbie Perkins

Unit 4:  Elements of Technology PlanWeek 6: Tech Policies Presentation

Where are we now?

• Did you know?

Where are we going?

“We are currently preparing students for jobs and

technologies that don’t yet exist… in order to solve

problems we don’t even know are problems yet.”

~Karl Fisch

Connect with TFA’s(Technology Focus Areas)

TFA 1: Student Learning

TFA 2: Teacher Preparation and Delivery

of Instruction

TFA 3: Administration, Data Management,

and Communication

TFA 4: Resource Distribution and Use

TFA 5: Technical Support

Technology Focus Area 1 – Student achievement and performance will

improve through the use of technology.

Make Technology Connections

in the Classroom

“All learning begins with the learner. What children know and what they want to learn are not just constraints on what can be taught; they are the very foundation for learning.”

~John Dewey

Who was Harry Truman?Born? Died?Presidential YearsThree Important Facts

Write a brief report on the Vietnam War.When began? Ended?Who was President?What countries were involved?

What many educators ask students to do…

Little transfer of learning Activity to activity Subject to subject

“Doing school”

Students are not engaged.

Teachers are not engaged.

What are the results? No Connection!

Train and involve teachers Involve students through inquiry Utilize cooperative learning strategies Interdisciplinary units/lessons Move up Bloom’s Taxonomy/Depth of

Knowledge

Inquiry-Based Learning coupled

Inquiry-Based Learning coupled

with Information Literacy

with Information Literacy –

engages students and teachers;

matches the curriculum, the

standards, technology, and makes

learning relevant! (

http://www.fno.org/sum00/winning.html)

How can we change the way we “do school”?

Technology Connections for Teachers

Technology Focus Area 2 – Teacher preparation and delivery of instruction will

improve through the use of technology.

• CSIP 5c: The District will plan and implement a comprehensive staff development plan for both certified and classified employees that will allow them to maximize their job performance potential.

Proposed Policies

Minimum of 4 Hours Technology PD/Semester Required

• With Focus on Higher Levels of Technology Use

30% Technology Budget Dedicated to Staff Development

• Includes Training/Stipends for District Technology Coaches

Grappling’s Technology and Learning Spectrum

Video 1 Video 2 Video 3

What would transforming learning look like?

• These “learning projects are NOT unstructured; they are differently structured. If anything, they require even more planning, preparation, and responsiveness from the educator—it's just that the educator's role is different.”

http://www.youthlearn.org/learning/approach/inquiry.asp

Don’t get the wrong idea!

"I never teach my pupils;

I only attempt to provide the

conditions in which they can learn."

Albert Einstein

“As a circle of light increases so does the circumference of the

darkness surrounding it.”Albert Einstein

MS WordPowerPoint

Internet

WebQuestsGraphic Organizers

Collaborative ProjectsExcel

Inquiry-Based Learning

Website

Constructivism

References

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ategy.cfm?snap=87622040&CFID=47970&CFTOKEN=7565&type=direct&StrategyID=107

3. http://csip.cornell.edu/Publications/Trautmann_04.asp4. http://www.emints.org/5. http://www.fno.org/sum00/winning.html6. http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/DVE/FusionDVE/html/

inquiry_based_education.html7. http://nibis.ni.schule.de/%7Ebeckmann/health/mecca.html#What8. http://www.nmsa.org/Research/ResearchSummaries/

Summary19/tabid/275/Default.aspx9. http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/inquiry/index.html10. http://wblrd.sk.ca/~bestpractice/inquiry/examples.html