Sentences with phrase «use of technology in the classroom in»

One study found that high familiarity with the NETS (for teachers and for students) led not only to higher use of technology in the classroom in general, but also higher use of discipline - specific technology tools among teacher educators (Friedman et al., 2009).

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Other possible changes may include a greater use of technology in the classroom or at home, or increased student responsibility (often the grade levels in preparation before transitioning to middle or high school).

«Investments in computers and other technology can be used to close the achievement gap by bringing the technology of today and tomorrow into the classroom,» the report says.

Jones, who has been part of CWSEI from the beginning, says that technology enables moving content delivery out of the classroom, so in - class time can be used for practicing expert - like skills and applying knowledge.

The Obama Administration has proposed a new agency within the Department of Education that will fund the development of new education technologies and promote their use in the classroom.

In last week's issue of Science, Andrew Zucker, a senior researcher with the Concord Consortium, a Concord, Mass., nonprofit that studies the use of technology in schools, and Daniel Light, a senior scientist at New York City — based Education Development Center, Inc.'s Center for Children & Technology, pointed out that the falling cost of technology is helping computers get a better foothold in the classroom but cautioned that the impact of classroom PCs is still unknowIn last week's issue of Science, Andrew Zucker, a senior researcher with the Concord Consortium, a Concord, Mass., nonprofit that studies the use of technology in schools, and Daniel Light, a senior scientist at New York City — based Education Development Center, Inc.'s Center for Children & Technology, pointed out that the falling cost of technology is helping computers get a better foothold in the classroom but cautioned that the impact of classroom PCs is stiltechnology in schools, and Daniel Light, a senior scientist at New York City — based Education Development Center, Inc.'s Center for Children & Technology, pointed out that the falling cost of technology is helping computers get a better foothold in the classroom but cautioned that the impact of classroom PCs is still unknowin schools, and Daniel Light, a senior scientist at New York City — based Education Development Center, Inc.'s Center for Children & Technology, pointed out that the falling cost of technology is helping computers get a better foothold in the classroom but cautioned that the impact of classroom PCs is stilTechnology, pointed out that the falling cost of technology is helping computers get a better foothold in the classroom but cautioned that the impact of classroom PCs is stiltechnology is helping computers get a better foothold in the classroom but cautioned that the impact of classroom PCs is still unknowin the classroom but cautioned that the impact of classroom PCs is still unknown.

For teachers in many school districts, being able to buy a classroom's worth of science, technology, engineering, and math kits for student use may be impossible.

Summer offers plenty of time to get comfortable with the new technologies you learned about and might want to use in your classroom.»

As part of an increased emphasis on technology integration in our district, as well as our mixed device program, we've started using some tools that we have in common to facilitate these connections between classrooms throughout the district.

They are open to everyone, there's no registration, and participants volunteer to host breakout sessions on topics they are interested in — for example, how to best use technology in the classroom or how to allow students to take charge of their own learning.

Despite students of the digital age can truly benefit from implementing new technology in their learning, teachers don't take advantage of being able to assist students with classroom recordings, online forums, and using online tools commonly implemented in other educational institutions.

Use QR codes, augmented reality, virtual tours, and other advances in classroom technology to change up the sometimes less - than - efficient rituals of Parent Open House.

They are built on the ISTE (iste.org) student standards which are in place to ensure the following... - Practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology - Exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning, and productivity - Demonstrate personal responsibility for lifelong learning - Exhibit leadership for digital citizenship They are an essential resource for a computer lab or any classroom to prompt a discussion around technology, ethics and respect.

Any use of technology in the classroom should have a clear purpose - and that purpose should have a benefit beyond more traditional ways of doing something.

Successful technology integration must include an element of reflection to stay focused on how individual teachers and learners will use this technology in the classroom.

These three questions are the starting point for conversations - they are not meant to be a complete list, but rather a way of directing the use of technology in the modern classroom.

The teacher's personality, teaching style, classroom management styles, and even way he or she arranges the classroom or his or her daily schedule are all important indicators to help find the right kind of technology and the way it should be used in that classroom.

One reason for this optimism has been the positive impact of improved usability of classroom technologies in their adoption and use.»

There are many teachers not using technology as a true teaching tool in the classroom and more for creation and curation but if you are tapping into this gift of technology by using the tools that support your classroom teaching, make sure you are not lazy with the way your are utilizing it.

Here are some of the best uses of cloud - based technologies in a classroom setting.

Caroline Wright, BESA director said, «British teachers are world - leaders in the use of educational - technology in the classroom so it is of great concern that pupils are being denied access to innovative and effective digital learning because of poor internet connectivity in more than half of the UK's schools.

While there are hundreds of technology tools out there to help language arts teachers, these four have helped me enhance my use of formative data and feedback to further student achievement in a diverse and differentiated classroom.

I believe teachers can use technology to differentiate instruction, connect students outside of the physical classroom, and create more time inside of the classroom to engage students in student - centered activities.»

He has considerable experience in the classroom and in presenting on the use of technology in education.

Using these ten questions as a guide to focus the beginning - of - the - year planning sessions, a TIS can decide which program or technology device to suggest for classrooms and how to go about coaching the teachers with this goal in mind.

Using music in the classroom does not require a room full of iPads or other technologies.

With the influence of technology still growing in and outside of the classroom, this also includes the risks and dangers associated with using the internet, computers and devices.

The evolution of technology though has provided smart solutions like distance learning, where a student doesn't need to be present in the classroom and can learn from teachers who live in different parts of the country by using online learning environments or distributed course materials.

One of my favorite technology tools, the QR code, can be used to meet the needs of a variety of students in one classroom.

Amidst conflicting opinions regarding learning with technology, the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) and Nesta have published a research report, entitled «Flipped Learning: Using online video to transform learning», that examines how digital resources can be utilised in and out of the classroom.

While this isn't unique to technology, I've found that a vast majority of technology training spends 90 percent of our time teaching us about tools, and 10 percent discussing how we could use these tools in the classroom (usually at the end of the workshop, when we are all exhausted).

So, when the school became a 1:1 school in our Year 6/7 and 8, we had one laptop per child, and that added another level of what it was we needed to know how to do, and how to use the technology appropriately and effectively and meaningfully in our classrooms.

However, at this early phase in the technology adoption life cycle, schools must carefully consider all aspects of the use of mobile solutions in the classroom before investment.

A study by IT Trade Association CompTIA revealed that 9 out of 10 students revealed they felt using technology in the classroom would better prepare them for the future.

Research pays Many of the stories and case studies I'd read of technology in the classroom, particularly about tablet use, hadn't filled me with enthusiasm.

However, the use of humor in the classroom, intermixed with technology, can inspire both the teacher and the learners.

If teachers and students can establish just how much smart technologies should be used in the classroom without becoming a distraction it will help to produce educational spaces that enrich the education and teaching of both learners and educators.

Each teacher also maintains a technology portfolio and uses it to organize their Web sites, show evidence of technology activities in the classroom, store training handouts, and so on.

Lori Miller, technology instructor at Wacona Elementary School in Waycross, Georgia, also is a fan of using digital cameras in the classroom.

«Unfortunately, without the level of training and support they need, many teachers do not use technology to their advantage — for grading, organizing lessons, searching for information, communicating with the education community, or in the classroom with their students.

So also there it's a matter of making all of this part of a more integral approach to design of instructional systems, to teacher preparation, to the way we support and incentivise the use of technology in classrooms.

By 2003, schools were expected to spend around # 65 million on dedicated ICT budgets, but one of the most prominent developments in classroom technology was the investment of around # 200 million in interactive whiteboards, which had reached 58.3 per cent of schools by 2004, and is now the most commonly used piece of AV classroom technology (BESA Historic ICT in UK State Schools, 2015).

Teachers using technology in their classrooms will love the courses in the Apple Learning Series, like Learn and Teach with iPad, which provides lots of information on developing learning activities for students.

These are tips I developed during the planning and implementation of a program that helped my school, Hellgate Elementary in Missoula, Montana, become a National Blue Ribbon School and a national demonstration site for the effective use of classroom technology.

Apple CEO Tim Cook visited the Woodberry Down School in Harringay earlier this year to see how students and educators are using iPads in the classroom.During his visit, Tim Cook spoke about the presence of technology in the classroom, noting that it's a «compliment to tradition teaching and not a substitute.»

There are many types of technology that can be used in the K - 12 classroom today.

Out of every 10 teachers in this country, fewer than two are serious users of computers and other information technologies in their classrooms (several times a week); three to four are occasional users (about once a month); and the rest — four to five teachers out of every 10 — never use the machines at all.

Tom Vander Ark joins Marty West to discuss the benefits of technology in schools and why it would be a mistake to reject the use of computers in the classroom.

With employability high on the agenda and education cuts looming, Andy Kemp, head of mathematics at Taunton School, argues the case for increasing the use of specialised ICT in the classroom, along with professional development to help get the most from technology

Here's a puzzle for both cheerleaders and skeptics of using new technologies in the classroom.