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Integrating Technology —the “Why”

Best Practices in World Languages

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Technology continues to change . . .

• teaching

• learning

• the learning environment

What are you seeing in these areas?

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Are we adequately preparing our students for today and tomorrow?

How does technology fit?

Technology Standards Refreshed

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National Technology Standards (NETS) Refreshed

“What students should know and be able to do to learn effectively and live productively in an increasingly digital world …”

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NETS * Students

1. Creativity and Innovation2. Communication and Collaboration3. Research and Information Fluency4. Critical Thinking, Problem-Solving &

Decision-Making5. Digital Citizenship6. Technology Operations and Concepts

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Does Technology Improve Student Achievment?• An analogy to that question could be the question

“Do pencils improve student achievement?” The answers to both are, it all depends on what you do with them.

• Research can be imprecise and difficult to apply.

• Tests often do not examine skills that information technology helps students learn.

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Students Learn . . .

Cook & Cook, 1998, as quoted in “Education Insights” presentation by Diana Oblinger, IBM Global Education

• 10% of what they read• 26% of what they hear• 30% of what they see• 50% of what they see and hear• 70% of what they discuss with others• 80% of personal experience• 90% of what they say as they do it• 95% of what they teach

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What evidence is there that

“information technology”

helps students learn?

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Rephrase the question…

What evidence is there that the information technology we want to use—in the ways we propose to use it, for the curriculum we want to teach in the time we have, with the teachers we employ and with the professional development and technical support we can provide—will help our students learn better?”

Information Technology in Education: A Backgrounder for Reporters, ISTE, 1999, <http://www.iste.org/Research/Projects/Background>

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Assessing Teaching/Learning with Technology• Is the technology being used "Just because it's

there"?• Is the technology allowing the teacher/students to

do Old things in Old ways?• Is the technology allowing the teacher/students to

do Old things in New ways?• Is the technology creating new and different

learning experiences for the students?

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How are Stevenson teachers and students

using technology to teach and learn?