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A Technology Implementation Plan Using Group Professional Development Sessions, Peer Coaching, And Tutorial Videos, Amber Bradley
A Technology Implementation Plan Using Group Professional Development Sessions, Peer Coaching, And Tutorial Videos, Amber Bradley
Master's Theses & Capstone Projects
Technology is an integral component of a 21st century education. In order to streamline digital learning, many schools are turning to digital learning management sites like Schoology. Sites like Schoology allow educators to organize and deliver content to improve student learning for both in-person and at-home education models. Coupled with platforms like Google Workspace for Education, they are effective tools in a teacher's digital toolbox for integrating and managing online components of learning. However, their effectiveness is dependent on a teacher's digital fluency including teachers' self-efficacy. This school improvement plan seeks to build teachers' digital fluency, especially in these two …
Effective Implementation Of Blended Learning, Carla Macumber
Effective Implementation Of Blended Learning, Carla Macumber
Master's Theses & Capstone Projects
This literature review depicts the current reality of blended learning in schools and the systems that will need to transform in order to fully implement technology into the daily school experience. Since technology is an integral part of society, schools are tasked with how to create and implement curriculums that include aspects of online learning. Moving from traditional education to a new blended learning approach brings about challenges for both teachers and administrators. Teachers must learn to understand new technologies and how to utilize them to teach with 21st Century skills in mind. Administrators need to lead districts through new …
Science In The Elementary Classroom, Melissa Birkey
Science In The Elementary Classroom, Melissa Birkey
Master's Theses & Capstone Projects
The elementary school day is filled with many different aspects of learning. Math and reading have been the emphasis of teaching over the last decade. Science is a part of students learning that needs to find its way into the elementary school day. This literature review compares different curriculum that is used to teach science in the elementary classroom as well as discusses an effective use of time to implement science into the daily schedule. When considering when and how to teach science, some teachers incorporate into other curricular areas as others find its own time during the day. Multiple …
Pella Middle School Technology Integration School Improvement Plan, Morgan Ernst
Pella Middle School Technology Integration School Improvement Plan, Morgan Ernst
Master's Theses & Capstone Projects
The demands and use of technology are constantly changing in the school setting. Teachers in the Pella Community School District felt as though they did not have adequate technology skills to deliver effective instruction virtually and requested further training. This school improvement plan contains a literature review to determine effective components of professional development. The plan also outlines a semester of professional development sessions for technology integration including tools and deliverables to demonstrate evidence of teacher learning.