Session Overview
We have lots of technology floating around our schools and
classrooms, and while this is a good thing given the digital age in which we
now live, we often find that our technology-related efforts are not paying off
as hoped. One reason for this is because we don’t have a great way to think
about what’s occurring when we see students and teachers using technology for
learning and teaching purposes.
What’s happening in your school? In your classroom? Are
currently used technology integration frameworks helping you (or other educators)
transform learning? Are the tech integration models currently in use specific
enough to guide you (or other educators) through the process of improving their
use of technology? Is increased student engagement the most important aspect of
technology transformation? Or is a deeper investigation of the pedagogy behind
the activity important?
Technology integration should be purposeful. Push past the
typical response to digital activities in the classroom that focus on student
engagement and instead evaluate whether students are truly using higher-order
thinking skills, learning core aspects of a specific discipline, and using
technology in the most powerful and transformative ways.
Session Objectives
In this session, educators will
- Participate in a lesson review and discussion using a technology integration framework (TRUDACOT) that guides teachers in thinking critically – and purposefully – during the design and planning stage, resulting in powerful technology integration.
- Use the TRUDACOT discussion protocol to modify existing lessons to ensure students are truly using higher-order thinking skills, learning core aspects of a specific discipline, and using technology in the most powerful and transformative ways.
Session Resources
- Session pretest
- Makeover form
- Makeover group responses
- Session posttest
- Session handout
- Mystery Skype lesson
- TRUDACOT Version 2
Additional Resources
