Discover the tools and techniques today's teachers and classrooms are using to prepare students for tomorrow -- and how you can get involved.
In school, at home, and in the Digital Youth Network, Jalen thrives as an artist, animator, and digital-media creator
"The noted educational futurist describes his "holodeck" classroom -- an environment that supports project-based learning -- and makes the case for why the role of the teacher must change from lecturer to exploration guide.
As Ruben Puentedura describes in his SAMR model, technology integration often begins as a substitution. In a similar vein, iPads (or any other mobile device) may initially be used as a crutch to get started on a path towards innovation.
Many AUP's (not included below) were really more of a set of rules and consequences for breaking the rules than they were a supporting framework for teachers and students. There is no single “right way” to implement a [digital learning vision], so we’ve included a number of widely varying policy styles below, with each authoring school or district named inline.
Teachers at Burlington High School are not teaching to the iPad, nor are they teaching apps. They are teaching skills and assessing student learning in a more dynamic way. Many classrooms are flipped; project-based learning and assessments are being integrated more prevalently; and students are engaged in relevant, purposeful learning experiences.
In August 2010, Pepperdine University launched a three-term study to assess the iPad's potential in the education sector. The fall 2010 and spring 2011 academic terms are being used for exploratory research to inform an experimental research design. An experimental research design will be used in fall 2011 to assess the iPad's potential to enhance student learning outcomes.
Planning is imperative for any technology initiative - iPad or otherwise. You need to ensure that you clearly understand and communicate how the technology integrates with your overall pedagogical objectives.
At Marin Country Day School in Corte Madera, Calif., the first year of a pilot iPad program for sixth-graders has just ended, and some clear lessons have emerged. Here are some tips to help smooth the transition.
Before you jump all over the iPad 1:1 bandwagon, it's important to think about instructional use, and to that end, consider the following questions.
The Osseo Area Schools vision for accelerated learning with technology.
Efforts to engage students and develop important 21st century skills can become the scapegoat explanation for problems that have nothing to do with tech. So, how do we as educators get these parents into our corner? Here are some strategies to gain parent buy-in.
A guide for deciding on new technology purchases.
I teach teachers and design and facilitate a good number of teacher workshops. I'd like to share some things I've discovered -- through experience and research -- when it comes to PD.
Tracy Pirkle, OHLSD's director of curriculum and e-learning, created a pilot program last year called eKIDS (eLearning Kids in Demand) that turned a handful of seventh-graders at each of the district's middle schools into "e-learning consultants".
Schools need to ensure that they have a network of mentors and can provide an adequate number of coaches to support teachers' technology integration efforts.
The recognized precursors for transformative learning of triggering event (or disorienting dilemma), critical self-reflection, discourse with another, and an action using the transformed perspective (Brock, 2010) provide a helpful framework for viewing the online environment where each may be fostered.
Here are some basic "dos" and "don'ts" for anyone doing tech integration professional development.
The Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) illustrates how teachers can use technology to enhance learning for K-12 students.