Technology Integration Team

Technology Team Goals

Purpose

To enable, encourage, and support the effective integration of technology as a tool for teaching and learning.

It's all about instruction! Changing instruction with technology as a tool!

What Works - Just Some Thoughts

1. Time: Give teachers the time needed to practice and experiment with technology.
2. Teamwork: Create a culture of respect and cooperation between instructional and technology staff. Recruit master classroom teachers to be master technology teachers.
3. Trailblazers: Promote success by identifying and rewarding teachers who excel at using technology as an effective teaching tool. Encourage them to share their best practices.
4. Balance: Implement policies to keep kids safe and enforce appropriate behavior, but don't let excessive fear lead to a mix of teaching methods.
5. Variety: Continue to use a mix of teaching methods.
6. Patience: The shift is an exciting and necessary one, but it won't happen without planning, risk-taking, and hard work.
7. Focus: Keep your eyes on the prize. It's all about preparing kids for the 21st Century. It's about teaching, not technology.

Contact

To request assistance using technology applications and techniques in your classroom, email Lori Gnegy, Vicki Ford, or call 304-822-3528, ext. 160.

To request publication of information or newsletters on the county website, please email Sue Alkire, Webmaster.

Email Lori Gnegy for any other technology questions.