Seamlessly Integrating Technology

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Seamlessly Integrating Technology

• Or
• How I learned to do more with less (faster and
  cheaper)

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An idea is a new combination of old elements.
There is nothing new under the sun. There are
only new combinations.George DrydenOut of the
Red
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The world is on the verge of a technical
revolution, the like of which has not been since
Gutenberg ran the first bible off a printing
press 500 years ago.Gilbert WongGetting Wired
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The advance of technology makes constructing new
and richer contexts for teaching and learning
ever more tenable and more necessary.Daniel E.
KinnamanTechnology Learning
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We will not become first in the world in math and
science without new resources and new
approaches.Daniel A. KinnamanTechnology
Learning
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Technology provides the tools to communicate
instantly with any person on the planet.Gordon
Dryden and Jeanette VosThe Learning Revolution
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The first nation to realize that power and link
it to new learning techniques could lead the
world in education.Gordon Dryden and Jeanette
VosThe Learning Revolution
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Brain technology is having as dramatic an impact
on the learning process as are electronic and
optical tools for processing and transmitting
information.Lewis J. PerelmanSchools Out
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The times, they are a-changinBob Dylan
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One of the only places operating largely as it
did more than 50 years ago would be the local
school.Renate Nummela and Geoffrey CaineMaking
Connections
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Existing systems produce existing results. If
something different is required, the system must
be changed.Sir Christopher BallMore Means
Different
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The best way to predict the future is to invent
it now.Arthur L. CostaCreating the Future
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No army can withstand the strength of an idea
whose time has come.Victor Hugo
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The majority of teachers report feeling
inadequately trained to use technology.
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Teacher training is often short-term, one-shot
training to familiarize teachers with specific
applications.
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Schools, teachers and technology trainers,
struggle with integrating technology into the
curriculum.
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Integration of the curriculum and technical
resources is essential if technology is to become
a truly effective educational resource.
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Training teachers in the uses of technologies as
an integral part of the established curriculum is
a difficult, time-consuming and
resource-intensive endeavor.
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Teachers with a background in effective teaching
strategies are more willing to integrate
technology into their curriculum.
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Technology in and of itself does not directly
change teaching or learning. Rather, the critical
element is how technology is incorporated into
instruction.ASCD
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When it comes to technology in education, you can
design it, you can create it, you can produce it,
you can legislate it, and the bottom line is
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The teachers are going to make it
happen.Jacqueline Goodoe
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Technology by itself is neutral.
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Teachers who had access to technology in their
classrooms experienced significant changes in
their instruction, but not until they had
confronted deeply held beliefs about
schooling.Dwyer, Ringstaff, Sandholtz
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So, whats the answer?Integration
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A Systematic Training InitiativeCustomized to
the needs of studentsteachersschoolsdistricts
states
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A Systematic Training InitiativeDesigned around
resourcestimeaccessinventory of hardware and
softwarehuman resources
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A Systematic Training InitiativeDesigned to
rethink pedagogy based on new knowledge about
teaching and learningpromote collaboration and
cooperation between students, teachers, schools
and communitiesinvite joint initiatives among
district leaders
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DistrictCooperation and Collaboration
Curriculum And Instruction
Staff Development
Instructional Technology
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DepartmentalCooperation and Collaboration
Business Education And Technical Education
All Disciplines
All Departments
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The harmonizing effect of being digital is
already apparent as previously partitioned
disciplines and enterprises find themselves
collaborating and not competing.Nicholas
NegoponteBeing Digital
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Seamless Integration- a plan for training
educators to use technologies for the purpose of
achieving curricular objectives- a plan for
technology training which is rich in effective
instructional and management strategies
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Seamless Integration- a plan which recognizes
evolutionary stages in the learning curve
associated with mastering technologies- a plan
that matches technology training initiatives to
the developmental stages of the technology user
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Seamless Integration- a plan grounded and based
upon the most current research associated with
teaching and learning- a plan focused on
technology as a tool for teaching and learning-
a long term plan targeting a 2 5 year time
frame for staff training
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Seamless Integration
Instructional Change
Classroom Management Training
New Designs For Learning
Long Term Support
Developmental Technology Training
Research
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Seamless IntegrationA plan which places
technology at the core of instruction in natural,
sequential steps, resulting in a flow of change,
which is transparent to participants.
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Stages of DevelopmentLevel 1 EntryLevel 2
AdoptionLevel 3 AdaptationLevel 4
AppropriationLevel 5 Invention
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Level 1 EntryCharacteristics
Unfamiliar with hardware and software High level
of personal frustration Afraid of
technology Resistant to change Loyal to
traditional teaching practices
Chalkboard Textbook Worksheets Lecture Recitation
Seatwork Teacher-centered
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Level 1 EntryChanging Instructional Beliefs
OTA Report SCANS Report Telecommunications Act
1996 Getting Americas Students Ready for the
21st Century Meeting the Technology Literacy
Challenge
Chalkboard Textbook Worksheets Lecture Recitation
Seatwork Teacher-centered
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We stand at the dawn of a new era. Before us is
the most important decade in the history of
civilization, a period of stunning technological
innovation, unprecedented economic opportunity,
surprising political reform and cultural
rebirth.John Naisbitt and Patricia
AburdeneMegatrends 2000
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People will overachieve targets they set for
themselves.Gordon DrydenRed Out of the Red
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Level 1 EntryTechnology Training
Internet e-mail Keyboarding software Gradebooks Wo
rd processing Productivity tools Overhead
projection
Chalkboard Textbook Worksheets Lecture Recitation
Seatwork Teacher-centered
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Level 1 EntryTechnology Training
Thematic Pizzazz Templates for teachers Make n
Take
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Level 1 EntryClassroom Management
Classroom management regresses Introduce
concrete new management strategies
Connections and Consensus Computer
Communications Comprehension
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Level 2 AdoptionCharacteristics
Fear subsides Extends instructional tools to
include technology that supports traditional
instruction Drill and practice Computer used as
an isolated activity No integration
attempted Instructional focus lecture,
recitation, seatwork
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Level 2 AdoptionChanging Instructional Beliefs
Relevancy Higher order thinking skills Piagets
Developmental Theory Learning Styles Learning
Pyramid
Lecture Recitation Seatwork Computer Drill and
Practice Word processing
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Much of what we teach in American schools is
irrelevant. It relates to nothing but
schools.Willard Daggett
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Today we can test any secondary student and,
within minutes, describe exactly how that person
is likely to learn more easily and remember
longer.Rita Dunn and Shirley A. GriggsLearning
Styles Quiet Revolution in Americas Secondary
Schools
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80 of learning difficulties are related to
stress. Remove the stress and you remove the
difficulties.Gordon StokesPresident, Three in
One Concepts
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We learn 10 percent of what we read, 15 percent
of what we hear, but 80 percent of what we
experience.Global Village in ActionOn the Beam
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The limbic system, which is the center of emotion
in the brain, plays an absolutely central role in
higher order, conscience intelligence.Lewis J.
PerelmanSchools Out
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Level 2 AdoptionTechnology Training
Drill and Practice software Word
processing Teacher productivity
tools Printing Video
Lecture Recitation Seatwork Computer Drill and
Practice Word processing
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Level 2 AdoptionTechnology Training
Process writing and word processors Research made
easier Teacher tasks in a whiz
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Level 2 - AdoptionClassroom Management
No new classroom management changes Develop
expertise in establishing learning connections
and group consensus Develop expertise in managing
multiple groups
Connections and Consensus Computer
Communications Comprehension
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Level 3 - AdaptationCharacteristics
Student productivity and motivation hooks
teachers High computer access Emerging play and
experimentation willingness Play and
experimentation extends to rethinking
instructional practices Forward movement toward
new instructional practices
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Level 3 - AdaptationCharacteristics
Constructivist Learning Theory Brain-based
learning Getting Americas Students Ready for the
21st Century
Lecture Recitation Seatwork High computer
access Computer play and experimentation Less
teacher-directed
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Getting Americas Students Ready for the 21st
CenturyMeeting the Technology Literacy
Challenge

• Four Best Practices
• concentrated, conscious and explicit training to
  create learner-centered environments
• clear goals and standards
• restructured schools to support
  learner-centered classes and goals
• universal access to computer technology

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If you want to help children, you have to start
looking at the brain.Dr. Deborah WaberHarvard
University
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Each one teach one.
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We all construct our own understanding of the
world we live in, through reflection on our own
experiences.Jacqueline and Martin BrooksThe
Case for Constructivist Classrooms
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To learn fast and effectively, you have to see
it, hear it and feel it.Tony StockwellAccelerat
ed Learning in Theory and Practice
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To know means to know how to make.One only
knows a thing when one can explain
it.Giambattista Vico1710
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Level 3 - AdaptationClassroom Management
Cognitive science supports new designs for
learning Emphasis on the learner Learning is
active Language is essential to learning Learning
outcomes occur within the student
Connections and Consensus Comprehension Computer
Communications Construction
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Level 3 - AdaptationTechnology Training
Game software Reference and Research software and
tools Creativity tools Advanced Productivity
tools spreadsheet database DVD
Lecture Recitation Seatwork High computer
access Computer play and experimentation Less
teacher-directed
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Level 4 - AppropriationCharacteristics
Teachers experience a degree of personal mastery
over technologies Instructional beliefs and
strategies begin to shift from teacher- to
student-centered New instructional practices
include team teaching project-based
instruction individualized instruction collabora
tion and cooperation creative scheduling
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Level 4 - AppropriationChanging Instructional
Beliefs
Lecture, recitation, seatwork High computer
access Interdisciplinary Self-paced,
individualized Cooperative Multimodal
Cooperative/Collaborative Learning Peer
tutoring Thematic instruction Multiple
intelligences Whole-brain teaching Authentic
assessment
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A large majority of the group tasks teachers use
are not cooperative learning group tasks.Merely
working in small groups does not mean that they
are cooperating.Johnson, Johnson and
HolubecCircles of Learning Cooperation in the
Classroom
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Weve had peer tutors come into the program
reading a year below their chronological
age.They made up to two years gain after
working on the program for 10 weeks.Rhonda
GodwinFlaxmere Primary School
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If we insist on looking at the rainbow of
intelligence through a single filter, many minds
will erroneously seem devoid of light.Renee
FullerBeyond IQ
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Where there is genuine vision, people excel and
learn, not because they are told to, but because
they want to.Peter M. SengeThe Fifth
Discipline
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Level 4 - AppropriationTechnology Training
Lecture, recitation, seatwork High computer
access Interdisciplinary Self-paced,
individualized Cooperative Multimodal
Multimedia Authoring Tool software (i.e.
probes) Presentation tools Curriculum
Courseware Digital camera Scanner Digital video
and editing
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Level 4 - AppropriationTechnology Training
How to have fun with Multimedia High-tech
Peripheral Playground Themes on a disc
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Level 4 - AppropriationClassroom Management
Connections and Consensus Comprehension Computer
communications Construction Cooperation and
Collaboration

• Research infers that cooperative learning
• raises test scores
• raises self-esteem
• improves social skills
• improves comprehension
• promotes tolerance for individual differences
• decreases stereotyping

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Level 5 - InventionCharacteristics

• Classrooms offer high and immediate computer
  access
• Students and teachers interact, do and create
• Teacher role redefined
• guide by the side
• lead learner
• coach
• mentor
• Student role redefined
• initiator of learning - responsible

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Level 5 - InventionCharacteristics
Teachers question the foundation of traditional
instruction Learning becomes an active, creative,
social process Knowledge is seen as something
learners construct Role of the teacher is
redefined Role of the student is redefined
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Level 5 - InventionChanging Instructional Beliefs
Cognitive Coaching Learning as a problem solving
activity Student directed learning Project-oriente
d instruction Reinventing the role of the teacher
Lecture, recitation, seatwork High and immediate
computer access Teacher and students interact,
do, create Restructured curriculum and
instructional design
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Not allowing computers to serve as a trigger for
the design of new learning environments is a
wasteful abuse of powerful technology, resulting
in underwhelming yield.Gary GriestComputer
Education as an Obstacle to Integration and
Internetworking
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A well-developed mind, a passion to learn, and
the ability to put knowledge to work are the new
keys to the future.SCANS ReportWhat Work
Requires of Schools
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Never have the possibilities for human
development been more remarkable.New Horizons
for Learning
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Level 5 - InventionTechnology Training

• Internet
• class e-mail (keypals)
• mailing lists
• newsgroups
• online chats
• Web sites
• Video projects

Lecture, recitation, seatwork High and immediate
computer access Teacher and students interact,
do, create Restructured curriculum and
instructional design
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Level 5 - InventionClassroom Management
Connections and Consensus Comprehension Computer
Communication Construction of Knowledge Collaborat
ion and Cooperation extend beyond the walls of
the classroom
Connections and Consensus Comprehension Computer
Communications Construction Collaboration/Cooperat
ion Coaching
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Weaving learner-centered, constructivist usage of
linked, online materials into the curriculum and
culture of traditional education is the next
stage of evolution.Chris DedeDistance Learning
Distributed Learning
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It takes literally hundreds of hours to train
really high-tech teachers.Royal Van HornPower
Tools
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Seamless IntegrationTime

• Approximately 30 clock hours per year in a
  technology intensive environment yielding 30 Act
  48 Hours
• Interim on-site support from trainer(s) between
  sessions
• Informal, scheduled, voluntary meetings for show
  and share

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Summary of Key FindingsTeacher Training

• Schools need a comprehensive, goal-directed plan
  for technology training at the local site.
• Curriculum integration training is central if
  technology is to be an educational resource.

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We talk a good fight about wanting to have
excellent schools when in fact were content to
have average ones.David GardnerNation at
Risk CommissionerApril, 1993
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The challenge of integrating technology is much
more human than technological.Fundamentally, it
is about helping people integrate these
technologies into the teaching profession as its
being redesigned.