For Parents
Thought provoking articles worth a read:
Mind-Sets and Equitable Education
Next Generation Science Standards
Parent Concerns and Technology from Common Sense Media
Technology Use In The Classroom
It is important to note that the use of technology should be meaningful and transformative when we think about its use for learning. We should not simply use technology for the sake of it. The focus shouldn't be on the technology but on what you do with the technology - and what it can do for you. There are four levels of technology integration:
Although you cannot redefine every lesson, it is important for the teacher to try to reach the level of transforming the learning for the student.
To understand how technology can be integrated into the curriculum, [we should] simplify technology integration into the 4 C’s of technology integration. In that, nearly every technology tool that students would use would fit into one of these basic categories: (Content) Consumption, Communication, Collaboration, and Creation. Instead of solely examining the tool, we can use that knowledge as we identify what it is we would like our students to do. (New School Technology).