Teachers have seen the future, and they want training

Teachers have seen the future, and they want training
Rather than the latest gadget or app, many teachers want training in using new technology to facilitate what they do best: teach, writes Liz Willen for The Hechinger Report. In a new nationwide survey by digedu of more than 600 K-12 teachers, 50 percent reported inadequate assistance when using technology in the classroom. Many also reported feeling left out of the debate around the role of technology to improve teaching and learning. At the South by Southwest.edu (SXSW) festival, Willen spoke with teachers and attended panels, looking at how teachers are dealing with "convergence" -- the transition to digitally focused classrooms -- as well as new devices and techniques like blended learning aimed at giving students more control over where, how, and when they learn. Some schools offer incentives for teachers, others offer "blended learning coaches'' to help. But what happens if teachers are resistant? Some suggest teachers who use technology will simply replace those who don't. But in Baltimore County, where Superintendent S. Dallas Dance is pushing the district of 174 schools toward a digital conversion, he told Willen it helps when transitioning to keep the focus on curriculum and training: "Curriculum drives it; not the device." More

Source:  Public Education News Blast

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