Getting to the Heart of Technology Integration

摘要

For many states, its been a long struggle to fund positions dedicated to helping schools integrate technology. But in Virginia, thanks to the state's forward-thinking educational leaders and lawmakers, every school division has its own team of technology-integration specialists.rnIt all started with the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and the Enhancing Education through Technology program, which both promote initiatives to give teachers, principals, and administrators the power to integrate technology effectively into teaching and learning. Hoping to take advantage of this opportunity while it lasted, these educational leaders united with the Virginia Department of Education and lawmakers to create a statewide initiative introducing a workable vision of technology integration throughout the Virginia school system. Specifically, they wanted to infuse technology into the curriculum to improve communication, task efficiency, data-driven decision making, instruction, and, ultimately, student performance.