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Tech Talks

By Tammy Beach

EDL 514: Technology for School Improvement


Dr. Marsha Carr
University of North Carolina Wilmington

Foothills Middle School


Technology in Our School
What does it look like?

How does it effect my childs learning?

What does technology in our


schools look like?
Less Textbooks

More time online

Hard back textbooks are now considered


dinosaurs in todays classrooms

Tablets, Chromebooks, and computers have taken


the place of the standard textbook

Textbooks are now online or content is found


online

Students submit work online

Students locate assignments online


Students use online tools and resources

Students are plugged in for learning in todays


classrooms

Students and Devices


Students use any and all devices available to them during
the school day for looking up information to answering
questions during classroom discussion.

Percentage of Students Connected to the Internet

Where and what is the


teacher doing?

Teachers are now


facilitators of learning.

Teachers are leading


interactive classroom
activities

Teachers are available to


monitor the class and
work in smaller groups
with students

95%
90%
82%

59%

36%

Teachers are able to give


individual attention to
students as needed
3-4 yrs

5-9 yrs 10-14 yrs 15+ yrs College Age

(Nces.ed.gov, 2015)

How does it effect my childs


learning?

With the average class size 28:1


(Nces.ed.gov, 2015) in the US,
technology frees up the teacher
during class to work with students

Students learn content from videos


and spend time on task with the
teacher

Flipped Classrooms!

Watch lesson at home

Do work at school with the teacher


based on the video watched the
night before

Online Assessment for quicker


feedback/grading

References
Nces.ed.gov,. (2015). Number and percentage of persons 3 years old and over using the Internet and percentage distribution by
means of internet access from home and main reason for not having high-speed access, by selected characteristics of students
and other users: 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2015, from http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d13/tables/dt13_702.10.asp
Nces.ed.gov,. (2015). Teachers' statutory teaching and total working time and average class size in public elementary and
secondary schools, by level of education and country: 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2015, from
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d14/tables/dt14_601.60.asp?current=yes

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