BY: TAMMIE NELSON Leading Education in the Technology Age

TO LIVE, LEARN AND WORK SUCCESSFULLY IN AN INCREASINGLY COMPLEX AND INFORMATION RICH SOCIETY, STUDENTS MUST BE ABLE TO USE TECHNOLOGY EFFECTIVELY . Is Technology Necessary?

TO LIVE, LEARN AND WORK SUCCESSFULLY IN AN INCREASINGLY COMPLEX AND INFORMATION RICH SOCIETY, STUDENTS MUST BE ABLE TO USE TECHNOLOGY EFFECTIVELY .

Advantages Disadvantages Students become better equipped to perform in the world Develops problem solving and decision making skills Students are more engaged in learning Teacher has greater ability to present lessons at each learners individual level and for each need Students learn more in less time Cost Classroom transition Less human interaction Some teachers resist Technology: Take It or Leave It?

Advantages

Disadvantages

Students become better equipped to perform in the world

Develops problem solving and decision making skills

Students are more engaged in learning

Teacher has greater ability to present lessons at each learners individual level and for each need

Students learn more in less time

Cost

Classroom transition

Less human interaction

Some teachers resist

INCREASED STUDENT INTEREST INCREASED STUDENT MOTIVATION TECHNOLOGY’S IMPACT IN THE CLASSROOM

INCREASED STUDENT INTEREST

INCREASED STUDENT MOTIVATION

National Study of Technology’s Impact on Mathematics

Technology Plan

A New Way of Thinking, A New Way of Teaching NEW ROLES Focus on Students Teacher in role of “knowledgeable other” and “scaffold builder” Administrators need to provide support Staff needs to work as a cooperative team

NEW ROLES

Focus on Students

Teacher in role of “knowledgeable other” and “scaffold builder”

Administrators need to provide support

Staff needs to work as a cooperative team

Technology Plan Cycle

Getting Started

Some will resist and some will struggle with the new changes, but it is important to remember the words of Jean Piaget, who said, “The principal goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done.” Click Arrow to start over

Some will resist and some will struggle with the new changes, but it is important to remember the words of Jean Piaget, who said, “The principal goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done.”