Taking the Pulse
Why do you feel that it is important to incorporate technology into the classroom? Add your thoughts to this Wallwisher.
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Read the following research summaries.
- Fox and Jones (2009) assert that “technology can facilitate performance assessment by creating simulations of projects or activities that require, in accurate fashion, the same behavioral procedure and choices as the real-life situation.”
A Resource Guide Identifying Technology Tools for Schools by SEDTA http://www.setda.org/web/guest/titleI - Harris, Koehler, and Mischra (2007) propose that “…the intention is to help teachers to become aware of the full range of possible curriculum based learning activity options, and the different ways that digital and non-digital tools support each, so that they can efficiently select among, customize, and combine activity types that are well matched to both students’ differentiated learning needs and preferences and classroom contextual realities…”
Teachers’ Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge:Curriculum-based Technology Integration Reframed By: Judith B. Harris ([email protected]) Punya Mishra ([email protected]) Matthew J. Koehler ([email protected])
http://mkoehler.educ.msu.edu/OtherPages/Koehler_Pubs/TECH_BY_DESIGN/AERA_2007/AERA2007_HarrisMishraKoehler.pdf - Means, et all (2009) cite evidence that the way to significantly improve the level of effectiveness in blended (online and face-to-face) learning “…is to incorporate mechanisms that promote student reflection on their level of understanding.” (pg. 48)
Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies http://www2.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/tech/evidence-based-practices/finalreport.pdf