Definitions

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Definitions

Tech INTEGRATION: to use technology within the curriculum

Tech IMPLEMENTATION: how the organization carries out the integration

Integration brings with it change

Classrooms are a part of a system

Systems guide resources and behaviors

Meaningful change requires learning, and perhaps new system features

Rationales for technology

Neoprogressive Support new

approaches Unique instructional

capabilities Motivation

Get up to date “technology is

everywhere”

ProductivityTechnology has shown to be effectiveIncreased teacher productivity

Technology Leadership: A School Characteristic

Technology Learning Environment

Tech Coord

Teacher Leaders Principals

•Learner-Centered•Knowledge-Centered

•Assessment-Centered•Community-Centered

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Learner-Centered

Elements PD built upon teachers’

strengths, interests and experiences

Availability of 1-1, customized help

Choice from among topics and ways to learn

Organizational Features Smaller size Decentralized authority Structures and

processes to share info and help learning occur

Support of pedagogical and technical learning

Knowledge-Centered

Elements Contextualized

professional development

Focus on in-depth understanding of instructional issues

Organizational Features

Intellectual leadership and tools for knowledge building, such as a vision

Supportive and non-authoritarian leadership style

Assessment-Centered

Elements Opportunities to try

new approaches out in real settings, and receive feedback on their efforts

Organizational Features

Policies that orient assessment to the goal of enhanced learning, not just external accountability

Community-Centered

Elements Norms of trust,

sharing, and collaboration

Teachers discuss instruction and their own strategies and performance

Organizational Features Policy that encourages

professional community Goal and vision consensus

among staff, teachers, and external community

Teachers’ participate in key decisions about their work life

Technology Leadership: A School Characteristic

Technology Learning Environment

Tech Coord

Teacher Leaders Principals

•Learner-Centered•Knowledge-Centered

•Assessment-Centered•Community-Centered

Technology Coordinator Technology Support encompasses Technical and

Instructional domains– Facilities, Staff, 1-1 personal guidance, Scheduled

professional development, Incentives

Largely responsible for operationalizing the learning environment elements

Provide direction through formal programs Further influence through 1-1 work OUTCOMES: Increased use of tech by teachers for

professional work and with students, increase over time

Discussion, Implications

What not? What else? What necessary contextual conditions? What training, background?

Teacher Leaders

Professional community– Reflective dialogue, open sharing of classroom practices,

developing a common knowledge base, collaborating on new curricula/materials, establishing norms related to pedagogy and student achievement

Teachers made time to meet, Technology facilitated sharing, and provided a reason

to need to share Norms of trust critical OUTCOMES: PC research demonstrates its positive

impact on student achievement

Discussion

What not? What else? What necessary contextual conditions? What training, background?

Principals

Principal leadership matters NETS-A standards suggest its

dimensions

Technology Standards for School Administrators Draft (v4.0)

I. Leadership and Vision Educational leaders inspire a shared vision for comprehensive integration of technology and foster an environment and culture conducive to the realization of that vision.

II. Learning and Teaching Educational leaders ensure that curricular design, instructional strategies, and learning environments integrate appropriate technologies to maximize learning and teaching.

III. Productivity and Professional Practice Educational leaders apply technology to enhance their professional practice and to increase their own productivity and that of others.

IV. Support, Management, and Operations ®¢ Educational leaders ensure the integration of technology to support productive systems for learning and administration.

 V. Assessment and Evaluation Educational leaders use technology to plan and implement comprehensive systems of effective assessment and evaluation.

 VI. Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues Educational leaders understand the social, legal, and ethical issues related to technology and model responsible decision-making related to these issues.

Principals

Principal leadership matters NETS-A standards suggest its

dimensions TLC research measure included days

spent, use of email, staff dev policy, tech budget, district support, grants

OUTCOMES: Internet and network use, students’ use of tool software, overall technology integration by teachers

Discussion

What not? What else? What necessary contextual conditions? What training, background?