Bernajean Porter's Keynote - 8:00-9:30
Nov. 3rd ITL Professional Development Day
All Technology Uses are NOT Equal: Accelerating High-Yielding Practices
Determining technology uses in classrooms has caught educators in a profound belief gap between being used to support classroom practices as we have always known them or being used as a robust catalyst to accelerate new cultures of learning that will serve the highest interest of our students’ capacity to step successfully into a global economy. The BIG question is not whether students are learning, practicing or using technology but to probe deeper: Are these resources organized to deliver high-yielding visible, added-value, worth-the-money and time RESULTS for all students! Many school goals for technology resources are couched in terms such as “enriching or enhancing curriculum,” “creating lifelong learners,” “supporting state standards,” or “integrating technology throughout the curriculum.” Though these sound like worthy goals, when it comes to implementing and evaluating these outcomes, we are actually left with counting the ITs (Instructional technology) activities not specific practices, skills or understandings—student results if they did use IT! Participants will practice three categories of technology uses that shape goals, staff development, curriculum, and focus student achievement on results school-wide.
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