Dec 10, 2014
Student Achievement› How can we improve it?
Resistance to Technology› Why me? Why now?
Collaboration and Coordination› What will it take?
Teaching Today’s Students› Who are our students today?
How has No Child Left Behind changed our idea of technology?
Things to think about…
Individual Learning StylesPatterns in TeachingStudent-centered instructionWhere to find support
Hannafin, R. D. and Savenye, W. C. (1993). Technology in the classroom: The teacher’s new role and resistance to it. Bountiful, Utah: Educational Technology.
Why me? Why now?
Our WORLD isn’t the same place it used to be!!!
Information Technology is our middle name…
Where would we be without technology?› Assessment› Evaluation› Instructional design & curriculum (Hannafin & Savenye,
1993)
› What do we want all students to know and be able to do?
› How will we respond when students already know it?
› How will we know if they have learned it?
› How will we respond when students do not learn?
Adopted from the Fargo Public School Employee Portal Website: http://www.fargo.k12.nd.us
Technology Timeline
ELL TECHNOLOGY
Estoque, C. M. (2010). The effectiveness of tele collaborative learning activities on students’ performance in English. Kent, Ohio: Journal of the Research of Educational Technology.
Who are our students?
Special Education Students
English Language Learners
Gifted and Talented Students
Average Learners
Intrapersonal Learners
Bodily-Kinesthetic Learners
Logical Learners
Musical Learners
Hands on Learners
Sequential Learners
How can we improve it?› Technology + Teaching=Motivated Students
Why me? Why now?› WE=Teachers of the
future What will it take?
› Hard work› Determination› Planning and support
Who are our students today?› Melting pot of learners