As schools increase the amount of
technology available to teachers, educators are presented with unique opportunities to incorporate tech tools into their instruction.
In fact, the best classroom technology doesn't just work with personal devices students bring in, but also works with the newest and most interactive
technology available to the teacher.
Not exact matches
As a public school
teacher in a state experiencing painful budget cuts, I want
to send
teachers a message that they can create a blended learning model using web 2.0
technology that is readily
available and, in many cases, free.
Some
teachers, experts say, still are reluctant
to use
technology, mostly because of a lack of time, a lack of resources, or a lack of confidence in their ability
to use the
available technology.
No one seems
to be
available to help them, and they are worried their parents /
teachers will find out, partly because their access
to technology may be removed.
In part one Lyn English, Professor in STEM Education at the Queensland University of
Technology, talked about the importance of Engineering in the primary years and the resources
available to teachers.
Masochistic
teachers, fear of failure, and tried and trusted methods explain why many educators fail
to embrace the classroom
technology available to them.
Once or twice a week, each grade 1 - 5 class comes
to the computer lab, where the
technology specialist is
available to assist the
teacher with instruction.
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Teachers can use the resource in the classroom by incorporating it into national curriculum subjects: History, English, Art & Design, Design
Technology, Geography, PSHE & ICT Supporting DVDs are
available to download separately See what
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But as soon as principals lead the creation of that shared vision and use their administrative authority
to insist that all faculty use the
available technology to support teaching and learning, those
teacher leaders start
to look like life preservers.
Fortunately, thanks
to technology, there are many learning resources
available to teachers and students these days, from websites
to apps, films and touchstone.
Modern teaching can not escape the influence of
technology in either the curriculum or the classroom, and it is an intuitive step forward for
teachers to take full advantage of new ICT resources
available to help them adjust
to the upcoming changes.
Tech Team members also recommended four programs,
available nationwide, that train
teachers to use
technology or
to integrate it into their curricula.
Instead of forcing students
to disengage when they take classes online,
teachers should use the
technology that is now
available to bring face -
to - face interactions
to the online learning experience.
With the abundance of
technology options
available for
teachers, it can be intimidating
to search for and locate the right one.
TIME FOR AN UPGRADE The majority of
available leases for school equipment allow for
technology upgrades, enabling the head
teacher, governors and bursars
to manage the life of their products.
A 24 - hour help desk will be
available to assist any
teachers who run into a problem with the
technology.
Still, whether a
teacher wishes
to start with small steps or make huge leaps into the
technology - infused classroom, options are
available.
By having multiple devices
available, users are challenged
to determine which device best suits their learning purpose, and
teachers are also challenged
to rethink how they are using
technology.
Curricula, teaching methods, and schedules can all be customized
to meet the learning styles and life situations of individual students; education can be freed from the geographic constraints of districts and brick - and - mortar buildings; coursework from the most remedial
to the most advanced can be made
available to everyone; students can have more interaction with
teachers and one another; parents can readily be included in the education process; sophisticated data systems can measure and guide performance; and schools can be operated at lower cost with
technology (which is relatively cheap) substituted for labor (which is relatively expensive).
Even if the devices are purchased and
available, some
teachers can still feel overwhelmed with how
to integrate the
technology effectively.
The
teachers, however, apparently are satisfied with the quality of the computer
technology available to them.
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Most schools have some form of this
technology, which means they are often
available to teachers for use.
Encourage
teachers and other district personnel
to stay motivated by keeping them updated on how todays
technology makes
available a multitude of teaching resources and provides targeted information and tools
to meet individual student needs.
Our provision of high quality continuing professional development for
teachers is designed
to help them keep up
to date with use of new
technologies available for the subject.
That assistance is
available at a time when, according
to information from PLATO Learning, only 1/3 of
teachers report that they feel prepared
to use computers for classroom instruction, and 77 percent report spending 32 or fewer hours on
technology - related professional development activities.
To challenge and support each child at his or her own level, the Forest Lake
teachers and staff are deploying a powerful array of widely
available digital -
technology tools.
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This paper, written for the Rural Opportunities Consortium of Idaho, offers policymakers and philanthropic leaders a set of recommendations
to capitalize on the potential of
technology to serve students: expand broadband access
to schools lacking it, create an elite corps of proven
teachers who would be made
available to students across the state, and provide districts and schools with the flexibility
to develop new models of staffing and
technology and
to achieve the most strategic combination of personnel, facilities, and
technology.
If the
teacher is not comfortable instructing the students in how
to use the software program, we take the students into a lab setting and show them how
to use the
technology to complete the assignment; then we remain
available throughout the assignment
to troubleshoot any issues that occur.
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.
This analysis will include not only the speed of Internet access, the technical training of
teachers, how many hours a day students have access
to computers, and whether this
technology is
available to students with disabilities, but also whether «students have access
to necessary
technology outside of school and how school districts support students who do not have Internet access at home.»
[These include] sessions at our site, which include opportunities
to use PCs and / or Macs, and such state - of - the - art equipment as Smartboards and video conferencing tools; individualized school - based training, which introduces
teachers to the hardware and software
available at their own schools; and resource visits, in which trainers provide modeling and hands - on help with
technology integration activities in the
teachers» own classrooms.
In addition
to grant writing,
teachers gained access
to more
technology through rethinking the tools they already had
available to them.
The figures quoted above about the availability of computers in schools do not provide details about the types and quality of computer
technology available to students and
teachers in high - poverty urban school settings as opposed
to those in more affluent suburban schools.
Online resources, including Cyberangels, SafeKids, and the Office of Educational
Technology, are
available to assist parents,
teachers, and students in responding
to problematic online experiences, but more direct instruction in preventative online procedures has often been overlooked (Berson & Berson, 1999; Berson, Berson & Ralston 1999).
I believe that if
teachers leverage the
technology available, it becomes much easier
to differentiate — even individualize — instruction.
The rapid expansion of
available technological tools has prompted scholarly discourse about how Shulman's (1987) construct of pedagogical content knowledge might be built upon
to help describe the sort of knowledge
teachers need for teaching with
technology.
Preservice
teachers wonder whether the classrooms they enter will have the
technology tools
available to them and whether practicing
teachers use them.
The goal is
to advance discussion and make
available ideas and findings for practitioners in
technology and
teacher education.
An initial run of these
technology - enhanced item templates were made
available to teachers, and their feedback emphasized the power and reach of these digital assessments.
They valued certain methods over others, but these seemed
to be the
technologies and methods that are readily
available at schools, easily incorporated into practice, enhance content, or are valued and practiced by their cooperating
teachers.
Good
teachers have always held students
to high expectations and showed sincere concern with the individual needs of students, however, as
technology advances, more tools have become
available to support
teachers and students in constructing a more personalized experience.
With the efforts of people like Salman Khan, MyMaths and the excellent CGP MathsTutor (click here
to see my review), and with video creation becoming simple through apps like Educreations on the iPad (click here for my review), the resources and the necessary ease of use in the
technology is now
available to realistically support
teachers who want
to use the Flipped Classroom approach.
In the middle stages of learning
to integrate
technology,
teachers begin
to understand the affordances of their
available hardware and software.
Incidences of improper use of the IDS decreased as the participants became more comfortable with the
technology resources
available to them and integrated feedback from their students, mentor
teachers, and supervisor.
Some of the options other than academies that are
available to fund are
teacher residency programs, induction programs, improving equitable access
to a diverse teaching staff and effective
teachers, integrating
technology into the curriculum and instruction, and — yes — even establishing, expanding, or improving alternative routes
to certification.
We published school model summaries and detailed models that use job redesign and
technology to reach more students with excellent
teachers, for more pay, within
available budgets.
The ATP used an integrated approach, in which multiple
technology - based resources were made
available to mathematics methods instructors that were intended
to increase
teacher candidates» orientation toward and anticipation of students» thinking in their classrooms.