Another aim was to identify the main (6) benefits and (7) challenges of
regular use of technologies in the classroom, as well as (8) the equipment and access available to teachers and students at the school board.
The schools assigned to receive the digital writing program (the program group) will receive intensive professional development and coaching
in using GAFE tools, including Doctopus,
Classroom, and Goobric, as well as pedagogical training
in technology to support the personalization
of assignments and
regular use of digital tools
in classroom instruction.
Those include introducing and reviewing software, Internet resources, and other appropriate materials, and making the information available to staff; coordinating computer usage
in projects and activities within, across, and between curricula and schools; working with
classroom teachers, individually and
in grade level teams, to plan, organize and implement the
use of technology through such activities as demonstration lessons, team teaching, and joint planning; providing both building - based and district - wide staff development at faculty meetings, district professional development days, and after - school and summer workshops; and keeping abreast
of current
technologies by attending conferences and workshops on a
regular basis.