technology in education

Table of Contents

Educational Issues: “Shift Happens”– Technological shift– Educational Philosophy shift

Current Trends– Evidence of change– Classrooms for Future (state level)– NCLB (federal level)

Rights, Roles & Responsibilities of Stakeholders– District Administrators, building principals, staff, students,

community members

Test Yourself What does WWW stand for? Name the language used to develop a web page? What is a wiki? A blog? What do Promethean and Polyvision produce? How does streaming differ from downloading? What is the term used to describe a playable digital

media file distributed over the net? What does >:-II express? What does AU AAK?

The Pendulum Swings“Have you Been

Paying Attention”

Historical Shift in Technological Advances

Historical Shift in Educational Philosophy

Old Bloom’s v New Bloom’s

New Blooms + Technology =

Creating & Evaluations

Movie making

Podcasting

Gamemaking

Inspiration

Digital Storytelling

Flash

Adobe

Chatroom Debates

Blogging

Discussion Boards

Video Conferencing

E-tests

Educational Technology Fact Sheet

According to the US Dept. of Education

In 2003, the ratio of students to computers in all public schools was 4.4 to 1.

48 states included technology standards for students in 2004-2005.

The gender divide in computer use has been essentially eliminated, as there is no overall difference between boys and girls in overall use of computers. Girls however are slightly more likely than boys to use home computers for e-mail, word processing and completing school assignments than playing games.

Educational Technology Fact Sheet

According to the US Dept. of Education

Source: Internet Access in U.S. Public Schools and Classrooms: 1994-2005. National Center

Educational Statistics.

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Percentage ofpublic schoolswith internetaccess

Evidence of Technology Implementation in

Education

State Level Funding

"Classrooms for the Future is about recognizing and embracing the need for high school reform, enabling teachers to use technology as an effective tool for educating students, and preparing students to enter and successfully compete in the ever-expanding high-tech global marketplace." -PA Department of Education

By 2009, every high school will be part of Classrooms for the Future.

Governor Rendell budgets to spend $90 million for equipment to reach 254 more high schools in PA.

Invests $11 million for high quality professional development to teachers in 21st Century Classrooms.

• A laptop computer for every student and teacher.

• Intensive professional development for teachers

• Smart classrooms with electronic whiteboard, cameras and scanners.

• A coach assigned to participating schools to work with teachers in their classrooms toeffectively change classroom culture with technology.

Early Findings of State Granted Technology Plan

Finding: CFF appears to be influencing classroom organization, with fewer desks in rows and more small clusters of 3 to 5 desks.

Finding: CFF appears to be causing teachers to lecture less and spend more time with small groups and individual students.

Teacher’s Instructional Style

Teacher’s Instructional Style

Finding: Teachers’ instructional style moved significantly away from “Didactic” toward “Constructivist.”

Changes in Student Engagement?

Finding: Students spent significantly less time off task.

Changes in“Classroom Management”

Finding: Classroom management, which was quite good before CFF, got significantly better.

NCLB & Technology

PDE support

Policy, Legalities, Safeguards

Acceptable Use Policy Information Literacy Internet Safety Training Monitoring Blocking or Filtering District Policy

State & Federal Role in Educational Technology Implementation

Children’s Internet Protection Act (2000) requirements

– To qualify for certain kinds of federal funding, we must take steps to block or filter “visual depictions” that are:

Obscene Child Pornography Harmful to minors

Current Issues

Policy? Law? Legal Action? Freedom of Speech Violations? To post or not to post?

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