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13 Feb 16
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The World at Your Fingertips: Education Technology Opens Doors
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But there are already plenty of examples of how various electronic media can help students achieve more. This can be seen most dramatically in the ways that assistive technologies empower students with disabilities, allowing them to contribute in ways never before possible. It is increasingly clear that all students can benefit when technology is used intelligently to provide meaningful content and powerful tools for learning.
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Like screwdrivers or space shuttles, high-tech hardware and software are most useful when used for clearly defined purposes. Their power can only be unleashed if we also pay sustained attention to curriculum, school organization, educational philosophies, instructional practices, family and community involvement, and the other components of successful schools.
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Instead of asking, "Should schools have computers?" we need to focus on a more productive question: "How are technologies best used in education to help students achieve and prepare for the world outside of school?"
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Using technology can change the dynamics of time in schools. By helping students work more independently, it gives teachers more time to work one-on-one or with small groups of students.
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As educators strive to guide students to meet higher standards and gain deeper understanding, teachers need to become expert with a new set of skills and knowledge.
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- Intensive sessions where teachers are able to explore new ideas and materials.
- Follow-up support over an extended period of time with mentors when teachers return to the classroom and try to implement new practices.
- Ongoing, reflective conversations with colleagues doing the same job and trying to make similar changes.
- Observation of other teachers in their classrooms, both for exemplary practice and observing the process of change.
Technology can assist with each of the four components I consider essential for professional development:
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01 Feb 15
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They lag far behind businesses in using tools like computers and the Internet in their daily work.
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students are learning what it would be like to work in a particular career field, such as banking or hotel management, without leaving their classrooms.
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prepare young people for a rapidly changing, highly technological world
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In many jobs today, people use technology for communication, information gathering, and problem solving.
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While textbooks have a role to play, they are criticized rightly for often over-simplifying material and presenting it in bite-size packages that have little relation to each other.
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teachers can spend more time teaching and less on paperwork.
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since it doesn't take as long for students to find information, they can spend their time evaluating, analyzing, and using it.
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As teachers begin learning a new practice or idea, they can use technology in the same ways their students would.
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see the kinds of issues that are likely to arise and be more prepared to deal with them in their own classrooms.
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02 Apr 13
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12 Nov 12
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Technology brings into the classroom more interesting and diverse materials than ever before possible
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ore time for learning gives students the opportunity to wrestle with complex, real-life problems instead of being moved through material at a predetermined pace.
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True knowledge -- understanding -- develops through exploration, rumination, interpretation, judgment, and the application of information. Thoughtful work on projects and problems requires roaming through complex resources, seeking inspiration, messing around, making missteps and mistakes, and experiencing serendipitous discoveries.
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. Teachers who plan to use computers with cooperative groups, for instance, need to experience what it's like working together around a computer. They can then see the kinds of issues that are likely to arise and be more prepared to deal with them in their own classrooms.
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12 Jul 12
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12 Oct 09
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Like screwdrivers or space shuttles, high-tech hardware and software are most useful when used for clearly defined purposes. Their power can only be unleashed if we also pay sustained attention to curriculum, school organization, educational philosophies, instructional practices, family and community involvement, and the other components of successful schools.
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As educators strive to guide students to meet higher standards and gain deeper understanding, teachers need to become expert with a new set of skills and knowledge.
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Professional development in new practices and in the technological tools they require need to be merged.
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18 Sep 07
skoelker1997 visionary editorial - use with Seminars
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22 Feb 07
Barbara LindseyOur schools have only just begun to explore the potential of information and communication technologies. They lag far behind businesses in using tools such as computers and the Internet in their daily work. But there are already plenty of examples of how
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