Professional Development for Technology Integration

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Professional Development for Technology
Integration

• Christa McAuliffe
• Technology Conference
• 2001

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• Dick Dumais
• technology coordinator
• classroom teacher

• Kathleen Hill
• curriculum coordinator
• teaching principal
• classroom teacher

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Limited use of technology tools
Limited budget
Limit integration
Limited need for
Limited student use
computers
Based on The Fifth Discipline, Peter Senge
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Levels of TechnologyImplementation (LoTi)
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LoTi Breakdown

• Level 0 Non-Use
• Level 1 Awareness
• Level 2 Exploration
• Level 3 Infusion
• Level 4a Integration (Mechanical)
• Level 4b Integration (Routine)
• Level 5 Expansion
• Level 6 Refinement

LoTi Web Site www.learning-quest.com
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Reluctant Technology Users

• We have evidence (Becker, 1999) that as many as
  seventy per cent of the teachers in American
  schools fall into the "reluctant" or "late
  adopter" categories when it comes to computers
  and other new technologies.
• Jamie McKenzie

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• The most effective staff development programs
  offer a variety of opportunities to match the
  learning styles, preferences and developmental
  levels of staff members.
• Jamie McKenzie

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Models

• One-One training
• Workshops
• Outcome-Based
• New technology
• Generation www.Y

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One-One Training

• E-mail
• Web page development
• I-Book cart set up
• Applications
• Digital camera
• Software

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Workshops

• NHSTE Super Thursdays
• In house
• specific software
• Webquest (http//edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest
  .html)
• Vernier probes
• Weekly drop-in workshops
• Using the network
• Application software
• Peripheral devices

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The WebQuest Page
http//edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html
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Workshops

• MacKenzie refers to the format as teflon
  learning
• short workshops
• brief instruction
• longer periods of time for teachers to explore

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Gen Y

• Classroom web sites
• Lesson plans
• How-to manuals
• Instructional assistance

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GenY
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• Technology is connected to
• essential questions
• district and state standards
• course outlines
• goals and objectives

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Professional Development
Classroom tools
Support for technology in school district budget.
Increased integration
Teachers asking for new computers
Increased student use
Based on The Fifth Discipline, Peter Senge
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Future Plans

• Peer coaching
• Unit development
• Study groups

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Professional Development for Technology
Integration

• Dick Dumais
• Inter-Lakes High School
• 1 Laker Lane
• Meredith, NH 03253
• ddumais_at_inter-lakes.k12.nh.us

• Kathleen Hill
• Inter-Lakes S. D.
• 103 Main Street
• Meredith, NH 03253
• khill_at_inter-lakes.k12.nh.us

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