Technologies

Observation Tool

1. Partner with a team member.
2. Pick with your partner a different video to watch or article to read.
3. Open the observation tool on one computer and read through the tool.
4. Watch or read together and complete the observation tool prompts.

The Basics of Open Technology (2015) - Edutopia/Ira Socol

"The promise of contemporary technology lives in what these tools can do that previous learning and educational technologies could not -- they are open, connected, individualizable, and flexible. But if your school adopts these new technologies without adopting the policies and practices that take advantage of these differences, you have likely defeated your students before you've even begun."

Chrome or Windows? (2018) - Hechinger Report

"He doesn’t like forcing students to do everything online through the Chrome browser on a Chromebook or being limited to Apple’s software on an iPad. You’re locked into something that you don’t want to be locked into...”

Technology can close achievement gaps, improve learning (Stanford University, 2014)

"Secondly, applications of technology in low-income schools typically involves a “drill and kill” approach in which computers take over for teachers and students are presented with information they are expected to memorize and are then tested on with multiple-choice questions. In more affluent schools, however, students tend to be immersed in more interactive environments in which material is customized based on students’ learning needs and teachers supplement instruction with technology to explain concepts, coordinate student discussion, and stimulate high-level thinking."