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Tech INTEGRATION: to use technology within the curriculum
Tech IMPLEMENTATION: how the organization carries out the integration
Integration brings with it change
Classrooms are a part of a system
Systems guide resources and behaviors
Meaningful change requires learning, and perhaps new system features
Rationales for technology
Neoprogressive Support new
approaches Unique instructional
capabilities Motivation
Get up to date “technology is
everywhere”
ProductivityTechnology has shown to be effectiveIncreased teacher productivity
Technology Leadership: A School Characteristic
Technology Learning Environment
Tech Coord
Teacher Leaders Principals
•Learner-Centered•Knowledge-Centered
•Assessment-Centered•Community-Centered
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Learner-Centered
Elements PD built upon teachers’
strengths, interests and experiences
Availability of 1-1, customized help
Choice from among topics and ways to learn
Organizational Features Smaller size Decentralized authority Structures and
processes to share info and help learning occur
Support of pedagogical and technical learning
Knowledge-Centered
Elements Contextualized
professional development
Focus on in-depth understanding of instructional issues
Organizational Features
Intellectual leadership and tools for knowledge building, such as a vision
Supportive and non-authoritarian leadership style
Assessment-Centered
Elements Opportunities to try
new approaches out in real settings, and receive feedback on their efforts
Organizational Features
Policies that orient assessment to the goal of enhanced learning, not just external accountability
Community-Centered
Elements Norms of trust,
sharing, and collaboration
Teachers discuss instruction and their own strategies and performance
Organizational Features Policy that encourages
professional community Goal and vision consensus
among staff, teachers, and external community
Teachers’ participate in key decisions about their work life
Technology Leadership: A School Characteristic
Technology Learning Environment
Tech Coord
Teacher Leaders Principals
•Learner-Centered•Knowledge-Centered
•Assessment-Centered•Community-Centered
Technology Coordinator Technology Support encompasses Technical and
Instructional domains– Facilities, Staff, 1-1 personal guidance, Scheduled
professional development, Incentives
Largely responsible for operationalizing the learning environment elements
Provide direction through formal programs Further influence through 1-1 work OUTCOMES: Increased use of tech by teachers for
professional work and with students, increase over time
Discussion, Implications
What not? What else? What necessary contextual conditions? What training, background?
Teacher Leaders
Professional community– Reflective dialogue, open sharing of classroom practices,
developing a common knowledge base, collaborating on new curricula/materials, establishing norms related to pedagogy and student achievement
Teachers made time to meet, Technology facilitated sharing, and provided a reason
to need to share Norms of trust critical OUTCOMES: PC research demonstrates its positive
impact on student achievement
Discussion
What not? What else? What necessary contextual conditions? What training, background?
Principals
Principal leadership matters NETS-A standards suggest its
dimensions
Technology Standards for School Administrators Draft (v4.0)
I. Leadership and Vision Educational leaders inspire a shared vision for comprehensive integration of technology and foster an environment and culture conducive to the realization of that vision.
II. Learning and Teaching Educational leaders ensure that curricular design, instructional strategies, and learning environments integrate appropriate technologies to maximize learning and teaching.
III. Productivity and Professional Practice Educational leaders apply technology to enhance their professional practice and to increase their own productivity and that of others.
IV. Support, Management, and Operations ®¢ Educational leaders ensure the integration of technology to support productive systems for learning and administration.
V. Assessment and Evaluation Educational leaders use technology to plan and implement comprehensive systems of effective assessment and evaluation.
VI. Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues Educational leaders understand the social, legal, and ethical issues related to technology and model responsible decision-making related to these issues.
Principals
Principal leadership matters NETS-A standards suggest its
dimensions TLC research measure included days
spent, use of email, staff dev policy, tech budget, district support, grants
OUTCOMES: Internet and network use, students’ use of tool software, overall technology integration by teachers
Discussion
What not? What else? What necessary contextual conditions? What training, background?