As to what those incentives might be; in towns I've worked in, there was a lot of talk about
teacher technology capabilities, teacher competencies, and teacher time, and about providing structures that support teachers learning to use technology.
Not exact matches
Rather than seeing
technology as either a threat to or poor substitute for
teachers, we need to determine how best to use
technology to enhance
teachers»
capabilities.
On the other end of the scale, only 7 % of
teachers believe
technology has setback the researching
capabilities of pupils.
At the same time, the education community must be open to new forms of enterprise wherever it can make a contribution, such as contracting of specific instructional services,
teacher cooperatives, and information
technologies that enhance evaluation of students» knowledge and
capabilities.
7 % of
teachers feel
technology in the classroom has least deterred the researching
capabilities of pupils
Standard pedagogy, despites all wants and intentions, doesn't have this
capability so it makes sense to leverage smart
technology to collate the data and take the hard admin out of the analytical process so that
teachers can spot areas where help is required quickly», said Neal.
Brunner, deputy director of the Center for Children &
Technology, a division of the Education Development Center, believes that the DS platform has the social - networking and shared - gaming
capabilities that will enable
teachers and their students to «put concepts and skills into the kind of meaningful narrative context that is close to real life.»
By engaging
teachers and the
technology integrationist in conversations about the curriculum, specific class dynamics and
capabilities of the
technology, we are now able to talk about what we would like to do, the tools best suited for that purpose, ways to tweak units or lessons, and what is not working.
Microsoft is committed to developing
teacher capabilities and confidence in design and digital
technologies, in line with the new Australian Curriculum, and looks forward to partnering with SAIL to achieve this,» Dr Eva Balan - Vnuk, Microsoft South Australia.
The study encourages educators and
teacher educators to be sensitive to the influences that
teachers» educational views (on learning, teaching, and
technology) have on their practices and on their
capabilities and need to interact with others (authority figures and colleagues).
Emerging
technologies have
capabilities (supporting distributed cognition, situated learning, diagnostic assessment, psychological immersion, modeling, visualization, collaboration and community) that enable sophisticated and powerful forms of learning, at scale and not requiring personal heroism by
teachers.
TPACK holds potential for helping
teachers develop understanding of how
technology can be integrated into teaching and learning, regardless of the shifting technological
capabilities and their required skills.
teacher educators need to redesign their programs to provide opportunities that help preservice and in - service
teachers in envisioning and implementing videos as instructional items in light of the impact of the
capabilities of this
technology on mathematics as a discipline as well as a societal tool.
Ultimately,
teacher educators need to redesign their programs to provide opportunities that help preservice and in - service
teachers in envisioning and implementing videos as instructional items in light of the impact of the
capabilities of this
technology on mathematics as a discipline as well as a societal tool.
The school district will use the money to accelerate plans to wire and equip every classroom with computers and Internet
capabilities, as well as train
teachers how to use the
technology effectively.
Adaptive
technology holds the
capabilities of providing immediate feedback to influence an instructional strategy or lesson, as well as providing relevant feedback during the process of learning — not just at the end — to both
teacher and student.