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- From: Gleason Sackman <sackman@plains.nodak.edu>
- Subject: Important Things IT-Using Teachers Do (fwd)
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- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 05:33:58 PDT
- From: Decker Walker <Decker.Walker@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
- To: sackman@plains.nodak.edu
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- For a course I'm teaching I'd like to develop a fairly
- complete list of the really important things that strong
- technology-using teachers do that contributes to their success and
- to the successful use of information technology (IT) in teaching.
- (IT = computers; I/O devices, such as video cameras and displays,
- microphones, speakers, printers, sensors, robots, etc.; and
- telecommunications)
-
- Anyone on edtech care to comment, privately or publicly?
-
- Use this list freely, with attribution, please.
-
- Decker Walker
- School of Education
- Stanford University
- Stanford, CA 94305-3096
- decker@forsythe.stanford.edu
-
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- IMPORTANT THINGS SUCCESSFUL IT-USING TEACHERS DO
-
- Decker Walker
- School of Education
- Stanford University
- September 1992
-
- <:bullet>Use IT to manage information effectively in their teaching
- -get the most out of a word processor
- -use telecommunications for professional communication
- -keep grades and other records on computer
- -carry out online bibliographic searches
-
- <:bullet>Put available IT resources to good use
- -know what hardware, sofware, and expert assistance are available to
- them in their school
- -acquaint themselves with existing IT resources in the community
- at-large
- -shop around to identify what's best for themselves and their
- students
- -find ways to gain access to the resources they need
- -keep up with new developments
-
- <:bullet>Operate a few powerful IT systems expertly
- -some computer operating system (Mac, DOS, Windows,...)
- -appropriate peripheral devices such as printers, modems, CD-ROM
- drives, and interactive videodisks
- -the most useful generic applications such as word processors, paint
- programs, telecommunication programs,
- -Subject-specific applications such as microcomputer-based labs
- (science), equation graphers (math), and timeliners (social studies)
-
- <:bullet>Integrate the use of IT into their teaching
- -survey their courses for opportunities to use IT effectively
- -review existing IT applications; discovering uses & limitations of
- each for teaching their subject
- -expand their teaching repertoire by developing teaching strategies
- particularly effective with IT
- -plan lessons and units that use IT effectively
-
- <:bullet>Experiment with adventurous new applications and uses of IT
- -develop their own interactive materials they and their students can
- use
- -develop, try out, assess, and document teaching experiments using
- promising new applications or approaches
-
- <:bullet>Continue to learn
- -develop efficient, effective ways to keep up with new developments
- attend conferences, read journals, take courses, join user
- groups
- -develop a personal learning agenda and pursue it
-
- <:bullet>Participate in professional activities concerning the use
- of IT
- -department, school, and school system planning and inservice
- education
- -present at conferences, help to plan them
- -serve as a mentor (formally or informally) for colleagues
- -serve on professional committees
-
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