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How can I transform my teaching with technology?
Our Current Challenge
Our Current Challenge
As one-to-one technology makes its way into the classroom, many teachers take the path of least resistance. When administrators and school board members plan, approve, and implement expensive technology initiatives, it is never with the intent for teachers to convert real worksheets into digital worksheets. Using the SAMR model as a scale, we need to shift the instruction that is taking place with technology from substitution to redefinition.
Driving Question:
Driving Question:
How can I transform my teaching with technology?
Sub Questions:
Sub Questions:
- What is the SAMR model?
- What does each level of the SAMR model look like in the classroom?
- Why would we want to change from traditional substitutional instruction with technology to using technology in a transformational way?
- What are the benefits of collaboration in lesson planning, and in instructional practice?
- What does transformational instruction look like?
- What makes authentic, transformational instruction engaging for students?
- What pedagogical strategies/theories align best with transformational instruction?
- What are some innovative and engaging ways other teachers are using technology in their classes?
- What pitfalls do we need to avoid while implementing technology into our instruction?
- How do we evaluate new instructional practices?
This PBL Project site is adapted from the BIE.org Project Overview and Student Learning Guide.
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