3. Teacher Capacity. If every student walked into their classrooms tomorrow with an internet-ready device with unencumbered access to the Internet, by and large, their teachers would not know how to utilize the powerful technology in their students’ hands. I fear most teachers would ask their students to put the distracting device under their seats and take out their dated textbook. We would be wasting taxpayer funds if we bought devices ahead of providing high quality training and professional development for every teacher, even those teachers that score well on the use of technology in our current, technology-starved schools. We have to make the investment in our human capital if we want to leverage a large-scale technology investment.
So can you help? This blog is meant to help "crowd source" an annotated bibliography that provides empirical support for the five points. Our goal is to move 54321 Michigan beyond a rant or response into action and we need to provide an evidence-based industry like public education with support that good things can and should be done.
Can you support the claim that every teacher needs to build the capacity to teach in digital learning environments with a citation and link to a resource? Then post a comment with that information. Please try to use APA if you can. Thank you!
2 comments:
"As 1:1 programs become more popular, the quality and depth of preparation that teachers receive for implementation will become a central predictor of program success."
Bebell, D., & O’Dwyer, L. (2010). Educational outcomes and research from 1:1 computing settings. The Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment, 9(1), Retrieved from http://ejournals.bc.edu/ojs/index.php/jtla/article/view/1606/1463
"It is impossible to overstate the power of individual teachers in the success or failure of 1:1 computing. It is critically important to appreciate the pivotal role that classroom teachers play in the success of 1:1 computing."
Bebell, D., & Kay, R. (2010). One to one computing: A summary of the quantitative results from the berkshire wireless learning initiative. The Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment, 9(2), Retrieved from http://ejournals.bc.edu/ojs/index.php/jtla/article/view/1607/1462
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