2. What is mobile technology?
Any technology that can be easily moved
ex. ipads, mp3, etc.
WHAT IS THE TREND?
Technology is being used more in the schools today then ever
before. This step has strength our children’s education.
3. Pass problems, Today Concerns
Technology was introduced to schools under unpleasant
circumstances
Cyberbulling
Sexting Incidents
Etc.
Movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7uyScK3-CU
4. New News: Technology is good
Technology improves student achievement in reading, writing, and mathematics
Technology improves school efficiency, productivity, and decision-making
Technology helps teacher meet professional requirements
Technology improves learning skills
Technology can help schools meet the needs of all students
Technology promotes equity and access in education
Technology improves work force
6. NASSP Guiding Principles
Education should prepare students to be active, constructive participants in a global society
Technology-enhances instruction has the capacity to engage students deeply in their work, connect them with
countless resources, and allow them to collaborate across time and space
Schools should provide a student-centered, personalized, and customized experience for all students fundamental
tenet of the Breaking Ranks schools improvement framework
Schools should advocate and model values that are essential in a civil and democratic society
Learning can take place when student feel free from violence and harassment
Schools should offer meaningful roles in decision making to students to promote students learning and an
atmosphere of participation, responsibility, and ownership
7. School leaders should do
Encourage and model the appropriate and responsible use of mobile and social technologies to maximize students’
opportunities to create and share content
Lead the conversation around connectivity and involve students in the creation of policies
Incorporate the responsible use of mobile technology into an acceptable use policy
Promote one-to one access to connectible devices, including students’ own devices, to allow for anytime-anywhere
learning
Incorporate cyberbulling and sexting prevention guidelines into the student code of conduct
Participate in and provide teachers professional development on the effective use of mobile devices and networking
in schools
8. Policymakers should
Provide a funding stream to ensure broadband infrastructure
and mobile learning devices for all students
Enact reasonable policies on cyberbulling, sexting, and other
forms of electronic harassment that clarify the legal liability
of school officials
Engage school leaders in the conversation that inform polices
that are designed to curtail and punish online harassment
