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It's Not the Tool, It's How You Use It
1. It’s Not the Tool, It’s How You Use It Mary Beth Hertz Instructional Technology Specialist Philadelphia, PA Diana Laufenberg’s History classroom at the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia Best practices for integrating technology in the classroom
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3. What is ‘Reform’? From the Free Online Merriam Webster Dictionary When we discuss education reform, we often refer to incorporating digital tools. First let’s look at some terms.
15. The Artifacts Please note that these projects are not considered polished pieces .
16. Serendipity and Digital Tools Learn from happy accidents! For more about the activity, click here. Click here to view the video on YouTube or here on Vimeo Build a teacher toolkit
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Editor's Notes
As a preface to this presentation I should mention that I struck ‘reform’ from my vocabulary earlier this month. It is no reflection on this conference or reform in general. Rather, I felt that it wasn’t properly describing what I felt needed to be done in the classroom or in schools. According to many definitions, it refers to ‘improve’—whose standards? “Better method?” “for the better?”
To CHANGE. No qualifying language. You are not making your teaching better per se, you are CHANGING it with the effect of improving your teaching.