Teaching Outside the Box

Personal Author:
Ciske, Stuart J.
Journal Name:
T.H.E. Journal
Source:
T.H.E. Journal v. 34 no. 7 (July 2007) p. 22, 24

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The focus on the use of the technology should be on how the tools could be used to stimulate learning, more than the tools itself, the officials in Wisconsin realized that the focus was too much on technology (the box) away from seeing technology as an ingredient in student performance. We needed to shift our attention from the tools themselves and concentrate on how technology and information services could be used to support learning.
This shift adopted by Wisconsin and of Public Instruction and its partners, first was strongly encourage districts to create a technology plan to meet requirement for No Child Left Behind, The creation of a unified plan made sense, as it facilitated cooperation between programs,
"Our district's library media and technology plan provides us the clear goals and direction we need to focus our limited resources on initiatives impacting our students the Most," says Santana Lau,
Many district staff comments that the information they've gather from data analysis has allowed them to focus their professional development on student performance, and on how media and technology services and programs can support achievement. This link is vital to sustaining systemic change and reform.