Does instructional technology have an impact on students

and education?

School Board Presentation

Craig Larson

How has technology improved our students and education?

1. Positive impact on student achievement2. Helped with student motivation and class

involvement3. Helps prepare students for the workforce4. Improves the quality of instruction by

teachers5. Does not have to be an additional expense

to our district

Positive impact on student achievement

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Percentile on achievementtests

Computer-basedinstruction

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2. Increases shown for both regular and special needs children

3. Improvements shown in all subject areas

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Positive impact on student achievement

4. Gains in understanding, reflection, and also on standardized reading, language, and vocabulary tests

5. The more they participate, the more their test scores rose

6. 8th grade – showed gains in math scores of up to 15 weeks above grade level

Helped with student motivation and class involvement

Attitude toward learning improve

Students self-conceptimproved

Students liked the classes more when computers were used

Helped with student motivation and class involvement

Students liked the more cooperative group work and less lecturing

17 million students, ages 12-17, use the Internet for school research – this is 94% of total youth

Helps prepare students for the workforce

Alternative way to communicate• Orally as well as

writing

Our goal – “Educating for success.”

Our students will be ready for the workforce.

Computer applicationexamples

Word processors,Spreadsheets,

Computer-aideddrawing,

Web site development

programs, and the Internet

Improves the quality of instruction by teachers

1. Students learn more in less time

2. Teachers thought it helped with instructional goals and objectives

3. Helps shift towards student-centered instruction

Technology will create classrooms of learners that do the following:

1. More communication opportunities

2. More teacher-student and student-student discussions

3. Share the authority of learning

4. Create opportunities for more complex work.

5. More ways of discovering and creating

Does technology have to be an additional expense to our school?

NO extra cost to Fertile-Beltrami

Make us of what we have

Education learning initiatives

Class size can be large

Educating for success, in an environment of learning, respect, and responsibility.

Success

Success

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