Becoming+a+Connoisseur+of+Technology+Integration

Michael Simkins, Director, TICAL, Santa Cruz County Office of Education
 * Becoming a Connoisseur of Technology Integration**

Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership (TICAL) 6 focus areas Elliot Eisner—The Educatioal Imagination Looking is a necessary condition but looking is essentially a task one undertakes; it is seeing that is an achievement I’ve never seen a really good example of technology integration that was not done by a really good teacher –Dr. Alice Christie

U.S. Department of Education Educational Technology Expert Panel --the first five to ten pages provide characteristics

Technology affords new ways of teaching established disciplines that are likely to be more effective for more students Technology can inspire teachers and students to move beyond conventional content and deepen the process of learning in various disciplines How does technology add value? …in terms of efficiency …in terms of possibility

10 Questions 1. What are the students supposed to be learning? 2. What do they need to do in order to learn it? 3. How did students learn this in the past? 4. What technology is being used by students? 5. How is the technology being used by students? 6. How does the technology add value in terms of efficiency? 7. How does the technology add value in terms of possibility? 8. What new problems does the technology present? 9. Is it worth it---why or why not? 10. How might technology be used differently to increase in value?

He talked through several examples and asked us to use these