The Success through Assessment & Technology Grant is designed to improve student academic achievement through the use of technology in elementary schools and secondary schools. The goal of this grant is to improve student achievement in a standardized state test score by 2%.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Technolgy Integration Reflection 4
Why do you feel it is important to align the use of technology with instructional strategies and state/national standards?
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It is a great tool to use technology to be able to give the students the immediate feedback that teachers can't always give to them because of the size of classroom's now.
You are held accountable as a teacher to make sure that your students have been taught the standards required by the state. By including technology it can only improve the learning that takes place.
Technology grabs the attention of the students. The question to me is, "Why wouldn't I incorporate technology as a tool for learning?"
Students are more engaged in learning when technology is involved, even if I am simply showing a page of my book on the smartboard and referring to it throughout discussion.
It is important that technology is being used to enhance the learning rather than just for the sake of using technology. Students need to stay focused on the standard
Technology is a tool to reach the instructional goal, therefore the instructional goal is foremost in my mind, before infusing technology into the classwork.
I don’t see this as optional. As technology continues to progress, it is only natural that it also progress in our educational system. We cannot depend on a “technology class” to cover these standards. As technology is fused into more and more aspects of daily life, it must also be fused into all curriculum.
This grant is a comprehensive professional development plan which supports initiatives that enable educators to integrate technology effectively into curriculum and instruction. Any K-12 instructor within ESA Region 2 may apply to participate in this grant. Grant participants will select a state standard which poses an opportunity for improvement and use technology and formative assessment in their lesson plans in an attempt to increase student achievement in that standard. Participants will attend technology training sessions as well as work with a cognitive coach and technology integration specialist throughout the 2007-2008 school year to accomplish this goal.
The Education Service Agencies began in South Dakota as a vehicle to better deliver services to schools. In the spring of 2004, seven regional agencies were selected from proposals submitted to the Department of Education. Each agency is responsible for providing services to regional school districts, and serving as a resource for schools.
8 comments:
It is a great tool to use technology to be able to give the students the immediate feedback that teachers can't always give to them because of the size of classroom's now.
You are held accountable as a teacher to make sure that your students have been taught the standards required by the state. By including technology it can only improve the learning that takes place.
Our world is changing daily because of technology, and as educators we need to help our students be ready to meet these changes.
Technology is an integral part of the world today that it would be a disservice to our students not to include it in the classroom.
Technology grabs the attention of the students. The question to me is, "Why wouldn't I incorporate technology as a tool for learning?"
Students are more engaged in learning when technology is involved, even if I am simply showing a page of my book on the smartboard and referring to it throughout discussion.
It is important that technology is being used to enhance the learning rather than just for the sake of using technology. Students need to stay focused on the standard
Technology is a tool to reach the instructional goal, therefore the instructional goal is foremost in my mind, before infusing technology into the classwork.
I don’t see this as optional. As technology continues to progress, it is only natural that it also progress in our educational system. We cannot depend on a “technology class” to cover these standards. As technology is fused into more and more aspects of daily life, it must also be fused into all curriculum.
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