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Best Practices & Trends for Technology Integration
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Best Practices and Trends for Technology Integration
Kevin Cordeiro
CUR/545
Dr. Deborah Clark
July 2, 2018
Defining Tech Integration
Tech
Higher order technology integration utilizes hardware and software in a way that creates 21st-century learning outcomes and allows students to create and engage critically with the digital world (Ertmer, 2005).
Hardware
Delivery Systems
- Tangible technology
- Used to access internet or built in soft-ware
- Can by technology which enhances the experience of other
Software
- Programs and applications accessed through a device
- Broadly split into two categories
- Content delivery
- software that provides meaningful and engaging content directly to students
- Organization and Classroom Management
- Software which provides systems to manage class routines and stay organized digitally.
Types of Content
Measuring success
Making Systematic Changes Through Technology Integration
- Encouraging adaptation
- Empowering teachers as leaders
- Putting the power to learn in the hands of students
- Bringing the classroom everywhere
- Radical transparency of information
- Looping into communication the most vulnerable
(Kirkwood & Price, 2006)
Key components
"Technology-leading teachers recognize that effective technology integration in schools is a team effort. You need partners and allies with whom you can share ideas and create projects." (Maloy, Verock, Edwards, Wolf, 2017)
True Integration
What it Looks Like
True integration of technology into instruction does not silo technology, digital skills, and the curriculum content. Instead it uses technological hardware and software to make learning deeper, engaging, and global (Thiel, 2018).
PROGRAM 1
Example
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KEY RESULTS
KEY RESULTS
Example
2
PROGRAM 2
PROGRAM 3
Example 3
Families
&
Communities
Outreach to the community
Tech integration allows the community to access information about the school or a class any time.
Using technology to create community resource maps (Shin & Shin, 2016).
Community members can organize with school faculty without having to be on-site
This can be inward facing (for school use) or outward facing (for family use).
Technology increases the means of communication while still allowing for control over that communication.
Keeping Families Informed
Funding Opportunities
Major Grants
The following provide major grants or alternative funding to encourage deeper technology integration in schools and districts
U.S. Department of Education Office of Technology
The Bill and Malinda Gates Foundation
Bonds & Bank Loans
Grants: $154,261 state average
Grants: 4.6 billion per year
Focus: Using technology and innovation to close achievement gaps
When necessary state bonds and bank loans can be sought after to fund technology integration. This is a a district level initiative usually.
Focus: Financially supporting district initiatives to achieve one-to-one with hardware.
Budgeting for Technology in Schools
Budgeting Considerations & Strategies
- Inventory is important, document what you have and plan for what you want.
- Have one person actively seeking grants and funding throughout the process of integration.
- Consider inventory attrition, a percentage of things will inevitably break or be lost by the end of each year. Budget for their replacement in advance (Kotok & Kryst, 2017).
References
References
Ertmer, P. A. (2005). Teacher pedagogical beliefs: The final frontier in our quest for technology integration? Educational Technology, Research and Development, 53(4), 25-39. Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.contentproxy.phoenix.edu/docview/218012779?accountid=134061
Kirkwood, A., & Price, L. (2006). Adaptation for a Changing Environment: Developing learning and teaching with information and communication technologies. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 7(2). doi:10.19173/irrodl.v7i2.294
Thiel, L. V. (2018). Professional learning design framework: Supporting technology integration in Alberta. Research in Learning Technology, 26(0). doi:10.25304/rlt.v26.1989
Shin, Y., & Shin, D. (2016). Modelling Community Resources and Communications Mapping for Strategic Inter-Organizational Problem Solving and Civic Engagement. Journal Of Urban Technology, 23(4), 47-66. doi:10.1080/10630732.2016.1175826
Kotok, S., & Kryst, E. L. (2017). Digital Technology: A Double-Edged Sword for a School Principal in Rural Pennsylvania. Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 20(4), 3-16. doi:10.1177/1555458916685748