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Enhancing Teacher Development Through Effective Technology Integration

This overview by Wesley Fryer discusses the importance of staff development in education and how technology integration can enhance teaching and learning. It emphasizes changing beliefs, creating engagement, and building on prior knowledge. The presentation dispels common myths regarding technology use in the classroom and offers valuable tips for implementing effective technology practices. By focusing on philosophy rather than just technology, educators can create enriching learning environments that foster student collaboration and curiosity, ensuring all educators can provide exceptional professional development.

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Enhancing Teacher Development Through Effective Technology Integration

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  1. Integration Overview By Wesley Fryer wesfryer@yahoo.com www.wtvi.com/teks/tools

  2. Why StaffDevelopment? Image from http://www.unr.edu/educ/ci/images/intern_images/questions.gif http://www.wtvi.com/teks

  3. Goal of Staff Development? • Change beliefs and behavior • Best professional development ≠ outside expert • YOU can provide the best professional Development for other teachers Image from: http://www.dadeschools.net/employees/images/profdev_img.gif http://www.wtvi.com/teks

  4. My Educational Beliefs • We are all human beings • Learn best with high level of engagement • Must build on prior experiences / knowledge (scaffold) • Learning is fundamentally social • Learning should be fun! http://www.wtvi.com/teks

  5. Theories About Technology Integration • Don’t need technology to be a great teacher • Gradual, Individual Process • Early & Late Adopters, those in between • Procedural / Navigational Learners • Most technology SD is ineffective http://www.wtvi.com/teks

  6. Today I Want to Model • My educational philosophy • Use of Multimedia • Constructivist Learning Environment • Data Driven Decisionmaking • “Infomation” as well as “Automation” • Use of humor & curiosity to open the door to learning http://www.wtvi.com/teks

  7. Can You Relate?

  8. Goals Today: • Dispel Myths • Share Top Integration Tips • Afternoon plans? http://www.wtvi.com/teks

  9. Dispel Myths “I'm not young enough to know everything.” J. M. Barrie Source: Little Zen Companion, Schiller.

  10. Myth 1: Technology Literacy is Optional • Required by law • “Fast paced, nonlinguistic, and visually distracting television may have literally changed childrens’ minds making sustained attention to verbal input, such as reading or listening, far less appealing than faster-paced visual stimuli.” (Jane Healy, Failure to Connect) • Digital Divide http://www.sandi.net/carson/tech.htm http://www.wtvi.com/teks

  11. Myth 2: There are “dumb” Technology Questions http://www.becquet.com/cmi/add.htm http://www.wtvi.com/teks

  12. Myth 3: Kids are Naturally Tech-Literate • Adults can feel threatened by new technologies • Tendency is to turn it all over to kids • Don Tapscott’s perspective on N-Gen • “idea of a ‘naturally’ computer literate child is more of a social construct than an empirical reality” (Healy, Failure to Connect, p. 21) • Main distinction: lack of fear http://www.wtvi.com/teks

  13. Myth 4: No Time for Project-Based Learning http://192.225.33.10/instruction/mar98/18seconds.html http://www.wtvi.com/teks

  14. Myth 5: I Can’t Do This! http://cgi.datamade.com/kohlerandsons/quality.html http://www.wtvi.com/teks

  15. Top Integration Tips “It’s philosophy, not technology, that is going to make a difference in your classroom.” Dr Allen Glenn, Dean of COE, Univ of Washington

  16. Tip 1: File Saving Basics • Vocabulary: Path • Start of the lesson! • 2 Decisions to make! • Name? • Location? http://www.emeraldesigns.com/intro1.htm http://www.wtvi.com/teks

  17. Tip 2: Use Templates http://aelvis.ael.org/rel/quilt/mchado7.htm http://www.wtvi.com/teks

  18. Tip 3: Start Small - Focus on Your Teaching Passion http://edtech.db.erau.edu/courses/cs/moorhead/cs117/class.homepage.html http://www.wtvi.com/teks

  19. Tip 4: Content First!(Then Bells and Whistles) http://www.wtvi.com/teks

  20. Tip 5: Assess the Process, Not just the Final Product http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/779/gov/federal.html http://www.wtvi.com/teks

  21. Access and Validate Information Synthesize Problem Solving Group Collaboration Team Leadership Oral and Written Communication Reasoned Risk Taking 21st Century Literacy Skills http://www.wtvi.com/teks

  22. Contact and AccessInformation: • Wesley Fryer: wesfryer@yahoo.com • All content from this presentation: www.wtvi.com/teks/tools http://www.wtvi.com/teks

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