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OverviewOverview How does technology affect student How does technology affect student
learning and achievement?learning and achievement? Professional Training for EducationsProfessional Training for Educations Science and Mathematics technology Science and Mathematics technology
play an important role in our student’s play an important role in our student’s understanding and learning experienceunderstanding and learning experience
Technology creates multimedia and Technology creates multimedia and group learning opportunitiesgroup learning opportunities
Promethean Boards/Smart Boards Promethean Boards/Smart Boards create learning and teaching create learning and teaching opportunitiesopportunities
How does technology affect How does technology affect student learning and student learning and
achievement?achievement?4th grade 4th grade
students who students who used technology used technology
progress 3-5 progress 3-5 weeks ahead of weeks ahead of their peers who their peers who
did not use did not use technologytechnology
Students Students participating in participating in the technology-the technology-
integrated school integrated school reform efforts reform efforts demonstrated demonstrated
average increases average increases of 94 points in of 94 points in
combined SAT I combined SAT I performance performance
ProfessionalProfessional Training for Training for EducationsEducations
Enables teachers to be Enables teachers to be more comfortable, more comfortable,
proficient, and confident proficient, and confident in incorporating into the in incorporating into the
classroom classroom
Allows teachers to bring Allows teachers to bring creative and affective creative and affective
technology and software technology and software into the classroom to be into the classroom to be
incorporated in their incorporated in their curriculumcurriculum
The more comfortable the The more comfortable the teacher is with teacher is with
technology, the more the technology, the more the students will learn from itstudents will learn from it
Provides instruction on Provides instruction on effective ways to integrate effective ways to integrate technology rich learning technology rich learning
experiences for their experiences for their studentsstudents
Training is Essential
Science and Mathematics Science and Mathematics technology play an important technology play an important
role in our student’s role in our student’s understanding and learning understanding and learning
experienceexperience Eighth grade Eighth grade students who students who
teachers receive teachers receive professional professional technology technology
training were training were reported to reported to
progress thirteen progress thirteen weeks above grade weeks above grade
levellevel
In over seven In over seven hundred research hundred research studies done on studies done on
students in grade students in grade fourth through fourth through eighth who had eighth who had
access to various access to various technology sources technology sources at school showed at school showed positive gain on positive gain on
standardized testsstandardized tests
Technology creates Technology creates multimedia and group learning multimedia and group learning
opportunitiesopportunities In English language arts and social In English language arts and social
studies, teachers report observing studies, teachers report observing significant change in student skills and significant change in student skills and knowledge acquired after their students’ knowledge acquired after their students’ first multimedia projectfirst multimedia project
Technology creates learning Technology creates learning opportunities for students to become opportunities for students to become experts in a subject allowing them to experts in a subject allowing them to teach and explain an activity or subject teach and explain an activity or subject matter to a peermatter to a peer
When you teach you learn twice!
Promethean Boards/Smart Promethean Boards/Smart Boards create learning and Boards create learning and
teaching opportunitiesteaching opportunities Smart Boards create Smart Boards create
opportunities for opportunities for students to be students to be engagedengaged
Effective tool for Effective tool for students with students with disabilities disabilities
Access the internet Access the internet for valuable for valuable educational resources educational resources
Create visuals similar Create visuals similar to students math and to students math and science booksscience books
SummarySummary
Professional teacher training is and effective Professional teacher training is and effective key to student’s learning while working with key to student’s learning while working with technology.technology.
Studies discovered that students show positive Studies discovered that students show positive progress on tests, research abilities, and group progress on tests, research abilities, and group cooperation projects when using technology.cooperation projects when using technology.
Technology should be considered an essential Technology should be considered an essential classroom tool!classroom tool!