Technology Connections for School Improvement, Teacher's Guide

摘要

This guide is designed to assist individual classroom teachers who are just beginning to integrate technology into their daily practices. Teachers are at the forefront of making learning with technology happen based on the results of a comprehensive needs assessment. The school or district technology planning committee, which may operate as a subcommittee within the schoolwide improvement planning committee, is responsible for conducting this needs assessment and for identifying priorities for uses of technology to meet technology literacy and standards-based learning goals. Most technology planning committees engage stakeholders-such as teachers, parents, and community partners-in studying how technology can be used to enhance student learning and in arranging for access to the appropriate technology resources. Teachers play their own vital role in determining how a school's technology resources will enhance students' learning experiences and opportunities. The Technology Connections to School Improvement: Teacher's Guide is a companion booklet to the Technology Connections to School Improvement: Planners' Handbook. While the Planners' Handbook is designed to guide the technology planning committee at the systemic level, the Teacher's Guide is designed as a professional development tool for personal use within the context of a schoolwide improvement planning effort.