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Did We Change?: The Power of Assessing our Technology Investments and Interventions
The document discusses various scenarios involving educational initiatives aimed at enhancing school-parent connections and integrating technology in classrooms, specifically through blogging and iPad usage. It emphasizes the importance of assessing the effectiveness of these initiatives while also using data to inform instructional practices. Recommendations include establishing clear learning goals, measuring progress, and leveraging partnerships for effective assessment.
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- 1. Did we change? Justin Reich Doctoral Student, Harvard Graduate School of Education Co-Director, EdTechTeacher.org @bjfr Blog: edtechresearcher.org
- 5. Scenario 1 The lowerschool at the American School of Brussels is working on increasing connections between home and school and having parents more aware of and involved in children’s classroom experiences. They are requiring all elementary teachers to create blogs to help build these connections. How could you assess, short term and long term, whether this initiative is working?
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- 9. Scenario 2 The NewmarketHigh School has just purchased 300 iPads to allow them to pilot a 1 to 1 program in the ninth grade. Teachers have been asked to create “21st century learning environments,” and they can use the iPads however they wish. How could you assess whether this pilot should expand to the entire high school?
- 10. Scenario 3 The FakenameSchool District has a Wordpress install for classroom blogging. Teachers have been asked to consider Will Richardson’s definition of blogging, emphasizing student autonomy, creativity, and attentiveness to a real audience Bud Hunt wanted to write his MA thesis about blogging in the district. What should he do?
- 11. What did Buddo? • He took a sample of all of his school’s blog posts • He read them • He categorized them • He drew some conclusions about the kinds of learning taking place based on that analysis
- 14. Using Data toAddress Instruction Identify a Problem of Practice Gather data Act and about the Assess problem Develop an Examine Action Plan Instruction Further Reading: Data Wise and Data Wise in Action
- 15. Final Thoughts • Identifylearning goals connected to technology investments and interventions • Measure progress towards those goals • Draw random samples rather than assessing everyone – (and actually make them random) • Leverage partnerships with universities and other organizations • Use assessment data to reflect upon and improve instruction
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