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5 Policy Suggestions that Make Hiring Instructional Technology Leaders Easier

When it comes to hiring Instructional Technology leaders competition for the best candidates can be fierce. Here are 5 Policy suggestions that will make it easier for your school to attract the best talent. Separate technical support, instructional support, and network operations. Crossover causes dilution of responsibilities and lowers overall responsiveness. Create support processes for students as instruction continuity will rely on all students having problem-free devices. Hire (possibly) part [...]

2021-01-25T14:19:16-08:00May 18, 2015|

12 Obstacles Every Instructional Technology Plan Should Overcome

Often there is a sense that a school is missing opportunities for integrating technology into the education of its students and failing to reap the benefits that such integration brings: enhanced engagement, information processing and discernment skills, technical skills, and fair preparation for career opportunities in the age of information. Traditional teaching is great for intrinsically engaged students, but today’s students are learning differently, and have immediate, ubiquitous access to [...]

2021-01-25T14:19:48-08:00May 18, 2015|

Why Technology is Essential to a 21st Century Education?

First, it is important to discuss the value 21st century education technology brings to the classroom environment. There are four major areas: First: The addition of technology into the classroom can help transform the classroom experience from a classic teacher centered one into a student-centered experience - with students taking a more active role in their learning. In a student-centered classroom, the teacher becomes more of a guide as the students [...]

2021-01-28T12:46:21-08:00May 18, 2015|

Technology In The Classroom: A Student-Centered Approach

In traditional classroom settings, teachers lecture while their students sit passively listening and watching, perhaps one student at a time might be called upon to reflect or answer a question. Today, this is known as a "teacher-centered" approach to learning. This typically occurs when there is no use of technology in the classroom. In contrast, a "student-centered" approach shifts the focus of activity from the teacher to the learners. The teacher [...]

2021-01-25T14:20:51-08:00May 18, 2015|

Donated equipment – maybe your school should pass

Last summer, a well-intentioned parent at an area school proposed a sizable donation. It was, he claimed, a very valuable piece of his company's technology infrastructure: A Storage Area Network, referred to hereafter as “SAN". Now for those readers that don’t know what a SAN is, or are wondering now why they don’t have one, it is a large (often very large) set of equipment that interconnects many storage devices [...]

2021-01-25T14:21:15-08:00January 25, 2015|
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