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OverviewOverview How does technology affect student How does technology affect student

learning and achievement?learning and achievement? Professional Training for EducationsProfessional Training for Educations Science and Mathematics technology Science and Mathematics technology

play an important role in our student’s play an important role in our student’s understanding and learning experienceunderstanding and learning experience

Technology creates multimedia and Technology creates multimedia and group learning opportunitiesgroup learning opportunities

Promethean Boards/Smart Boards Promethean Boards/Smart Boards create learning and teaching create learning and teaching opportunitiesopportunities

How does technology affect How does technology affect student learning and student learning and

achievement?achievement?4th grade 4th grade

students who students who used technology used technology

progress 3-5 progress 3-5 weeks ahead of weeks ahead of their peers who their peers who

did not use did not use technologytechnology

Students Students participating in participating in the technology-the technology-

integrated school integrated school reform efforts reform efforts demonstrated demonstrated

average increases average increases of 94 points in of 94 points in

combined SAT I combined SAT I performance performance

ProfessionalProfessional Training for Training for EducationsEducations

Enables teachers to be Enables teachers to be more comfortable, more comfortable,

proficient, and confident proficient, and confident in incorporating into the in incorporating into the

classroom classroom

Allows teachers to bring Allows teachers to bring creative and affective creative and affective

technology and software technology and software into the classroom to be into the classroom to be

incorporated in their incorporated in their curriculumcurriculum

The more comfortable the The more comfortable the teacher is with teacher is with

technology, the more the technology, the more the students will learn from itstudents will learn from it

Provides instruction on Provides instruction on effective ways to integrate effective ways to integrate technology rich learning technology rich learning

experiences for their experiences for their studentsstudents

Training is Essential

Science and Mathematics Science and Mathematics technology play an important technology play an important

role in our student’s role in our student’s understanding and learning understanding and learning

experienceexperience Eighth grade Eighth grade students who students who

teachers receive teachers receive professional professional technology technology

training were training were reported to reported to

progress thirteen progress thirteen weeks above grade weeks above grade

levellevel

In over seven In over seven hundred research hundred research studies done on studies done on

students in grade students in grade fourth through fourth through eighth who had eighth who had

access to various access to various technology sources technology sources at school showed at school showed positive gain on positive gain on

standardized testsstandardized tests

Technology creates Technology creates multimedia and group learning multimedia and group learning

opportunitiesopportunities In English language arts and social In English language arts and social

studies, teachers report observing studies, teachers report observing significant change in student skills and significant change in student skills and knowledge acquired after their students’ knowledge acquired after their students’ first multimedia projectfirst multimedia project

Technology creates learning Technology creates learning opportunities for students to become opportunities for students to become experts in a subject allowing them to experts in a subject allowing them to teach and explain an activity or subject teach and explain an activity or subject matter to a peermatter to a peer

When you teach you learn twice!

Promethean Boards/Smart Promethean Boards/Smart Boards create learning and Boards create learning and

teaching opportunitiesteaching opportunities Smart Boards create Smart Boards create

opportunities for opportunities for students to be students to be engagedengaged

Effective tool for Effective tool for students with students with disabilities disabilities

Access the internet Access the internet for valuable for valuable educational resources educational resources

Create visuals similar Create visuals similar to students math and to students math and science booksscience books

SummarySummary

Professional teacher training is and effective Professional teacher training is and effective key to student’s learning while working with key to student’s learning while working with technology.technology.

Studies discovered that students show positive Studies discovered that students show positive progress on tests, research abilities, and group progress on tests, research abilities, and group cooperation projects when using technology.cooperation projects when using technology.

Technology should be considered an essential Technology should be considered an essential classroom tool!classroom tool!