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20 Nov 09

The Innovative Leader « 21k12

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18 Nov 09

Educational Leadership:Teaching with Interactive Whiteboards

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using interactive whiteboards was associated with a 16 percentile point gain in student achievement.
In addition, three features inherent in interactive whiteboards have a statistically significant relationship with student achievement. The first is the learner-response device
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- A second feature is the use of graphics and other visuals to represent information. These include downloaded pictures and video clips from the Internet, sites such as Google Earth, and graphs and charts. Use of these aids was also associated with a 26 percentile point gain in student achievement.
- A third feature is the interactive whiteboard
  reinforcer—applications that teachers can use to signal that an answer is correct or to present information in an unusual context. These applications include dragging and dropping correct answers into specific locations, acknowledging correct answers with virtual applause, and uncovering information hidden under objects. These practices were associated with a 31 percentile point gain in student achievement.
- One of the more interesting findings from the study was that in 23 percent of the cases, teachers had better results without the interactive whiteboards. To determine why this occurred, we examined video-tapes of teachers using the boards. These disclosed some potential pitfalls in using the technology:
  Using the voting devices but doing little with the findings.
- teachers simply noted how many students obtained the correct answer instead of probing into why one answer was more appropriate than another.
- Not organizing or pacing the content well.
- teachers incorporated video segments from the Internet or images intended to represent important information
- However, they ran through the flipcharts so quickly that students,
- did not have time to analyze and interact with one another about the content.
- Using too many visuals.
- hard to identify the important content.
- Paying too much attention to reinforcing features
- the emphasis seemed to be on eliciting the applause rather than on clarifying the content
- Getting the Most Out of the Technology
- Teachers should think through how they intend to organize information
- group information into small, meaningful segments before they start developing the digital flipcharts.
- To ensure that they don't run through the flipcharts too quickly, teachers can insert flipcharts that remind them to stop the presentation so students can process and analyze the new information.
- visuals should clearly focus on the important information.
- no single flipchart should contain too many visuals or too much written information.
- After asking a question and getting student responses using voting devices, the teacher should typically discuss the correct answer along with the incorrect answers, making sure to elicit opinions from as many students as possible.
- When using reinforcing features like virtual applause, teachers should make sure that students focus on why an answer is correct or incorrect.
- simply assuming that using this or any other technological tool can automatically enhance student achievement would be a mistake. As is the case with all powerful tools, teachers must use interactive whiteboards thoughtfully, in accordance with what we know about good classroom practice.

Technology Combined with Good Teaching Leads to Success | Edutopia

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Interactive whiteboards are the future of educational strategies, and without proper adoption of these and other technology tools, teachers are doomed to become dinosaurs in their practices.

Who says so? Educational research and practice expert Robert Marzano.
- Of those classrooms employing the boards and using the voting technology, there was an immediate increase of 17 percent in scores.
- He also found that if a teacher had been given 20-30 months to hone his or her skills, there was an average 20 percentile gain.
- The sweet spot, he says -- the perfect storm of student achievement, according to his findings -- was when a teacher was trained to use the technology, had used it for 2 years, and did so 75 percent of the time. That profile shows a whopping 29 percentile gain in scores.
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- Of those classrooms employing the boards and using the voting technology, there was an immediate increase of 17 percent in scores.
- if a teacher had been given 20-30 months to hone his or her skills, there was an average 20 percentile gain.
- the perfect storm of student achievement, according to his findings -- was when a teacher was trained to use the technology, had used it for two years, and did so 75 percent of the time. That profile shows a whopping 29 percentile gain in scores.
- To get the most out of the interactive whiteboard, a school district can't just give it to a teacher, and not to just any teacher. The district has to train that teacher. And Marzano was quick to point out that weaker teachers require professional development in the use of both interactive whiteboards and effective teaching.

17 Nov 09

Innovation Leadership versus Traditional Leadership

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16 Nov 09

15 Things All Classrooms Should Have PK-12 - The Educators' Royal Treatment

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13 Nov 09

LoTi Framework at drchrismoersch.com

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Follow Educational Administrators on Twitter

"Follow these fantastic administrators who believe in the power of Web 2.0 and the role of technology in education"

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12 Nov 09

Round & Round - News Features & Releases

"Borrowing a page from the medical school world, educators at the Ed School are showing teachers and school leaders how to find common ground when it comes to learning and instruction."

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What is a "Good School"? - TheApple.com

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Technology in the classroom: What's good; what's not? 11/10/09

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a key question is whether the technology allows instructors to teach in a way that isn't possible without it.
School districts should look to technology that mimic the tools students will need in 21st-century professions, which often require at least a proficiency in using a computer and even a smartphone,

11 Nov 09

BBC NEWS | UK | Education | Danish pupils use web in exams

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10 Nov 09

Evaluations have little role in promoting better teaching - washingtonpost.com

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Near-perfect teacher evaluation passing rates are common throughout the country.
Because teacher ratings in most districts are as discerning as peewee soccer award night, with everyone getting a trophy, why bother?
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- The standard evaluation system "not only keeps schools from dismissing consistently poor performers, but also prevents them from recognizing excellence among top performers or supporting growth among the broad plurality of hard working teachers who operate in the middle of the performance spectrum,"
- The organization studied 12 districts
- and found that fewer than one percent of teachers were rated unsatisfactory. Yet a survey of 15,000 teachers and 1,300 administrators in those districts found that 59 percent of the teachers and 63 percent of the administrators thought their district was not doing enough to identify, compensate, promote and retain the most effective teachers.

The “Best” Articles (And Blog Posts) About Education Policy — 2009 | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

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09 Nov 09

Teacher evaluation rubrics

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15 Tools to Help You Go Paperless - TheApple.com

"Schools are notorious for enormous copy budgets. Between parent/home communications, student work, and staff communication, schools are drowning in a sea of paper. Transforming the school into a paperless environment is eco-friendly, budget friendly, and can increase productivity. With all of the free online options, going green is easier than ever. "

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Report cards go paperless

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05 Nov 09

Survey of k-12 Educators on Social Networking/Sharing Tools

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04 Nov 09

AllThingsPLC — Research, education tools and blog for building a professional learning community

"This site was created to serve as a collaborative, objective resource for educators and administrators who are committed to enhancing student achievement. We invite you to share your knowledge, ask questions, and get expert insight into the issues teachers face each day in the classroom."

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03 Nov 09

3 Key Reasons for Districts Adopting Web 2.0(2)

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