This blog focuses on the effective integration of technology in K-12 schools with special emphasis on Sonoma County. It offers ideas and resources to support purposeful use of technology in relation to the Common Core Standards and 21st century learning.
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Data-Driven Decision-Making:
The Science in the Art & Science of Teaching
03.21.13
Data-driven decision-making can improve the efficacy of teaching. When teachers take student assessment data into account as they plan and deliver instruction, they are better able to respond to the needs of their students. They understand students’ past strengths and weaknesses and can provide instruction that results in higher achievement.
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Information Literacy Skills are
More Important Than Ever
03.19.13
With written material now available in both traditional print and electronic formats, today’s students are flooded with information. This makes reading and thinking skills more important than ever before. Information Literacy—teaching students how to look at Internet resources critically—is a skill librarians have long promoted. Find out more about weaving Information Literacy into learning from local school librarian and past president of the California School Library Association. April 16 at SCOE.
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Pushing the Envelope:
Technology & the New Assessments
03.18.13
California high stakes testing is in transition. With the end of STAR in 2013-14, out go high-stakes multiple-choice tests with pencils and paper ... and in comes a new era of statewide accountability measures with computer-based assessments.
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Establishing a Vision for Technology in Learning
03.11.13
Sometimes schools purchase technology without having a clear picture of how technology will be used. Futurist and educator David Thornburg refers to this practice as “ready-fire-aim” thinking. A more desirable strategy is to build a plan that involves educators in creating a vision for the use of technology in a school. Engaging teachers acknowledges their role in the successful integration of technology in learning.
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Six Key Elements for School Technology
03.04.13
Why is technology successful in some schools but not in others? My view observing schools over the last 20 years in Sonoma County focuses on six elements that underpin technology effectiveness. Each element needs to be in place; missing factors challenge a school system’s ability to use technology effectively.
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