Technology in Education

• Facilitating learning and improving performance by creating, using and managing appropriate technological processes and resources.

• Educational Technology includes, but is not limited to, software, hardware, as well as Internet applications and activities.

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What do we mean by success?

Mainstream Integration of Technology in Education

Students equipped with future oriented skills

•Educational Policy: Reforms & National Projects•National Standards: Exams, National Curriculum

Factor for Success: Technology bringing Change relevant to Educational Context

Stakeholders

Students: Digital Natives

“We have reached the point where our students are no longer the ones that our systems were designed for, and that our teachers were trained to teach.”

Marc Prensky Open Letter to Obama

Administration

Students: Digital Natives

Factors for success:Technology• forms essential 21st

century skills• develops independent

learners• appeals to kids and

young adults: is motivating and cool

Teacher: the Key Change Agent

Transformation of Teaching with Technology BUT Teachers: Digital immigrants

Teachers Resistance

HOWEVER

Teachers have reasons: E.g lack of time / overloaded

Barriers for Integrating Technology: Teachers’

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• Lack of skills and confidence• Lack of training • Resistance from superiors• No extra pay for this work• Technical problems• Adding Technology to old methods of teaching

Overcoming Barriers:Factors for Success

• Technology should be USER-FRIENDLY

• Trainings: Skills, Confidence, Change attitudes and Practices

• Complete Solutions: technically and methodologically

• Creating Teachers Networks ( CoPs)

Head Teachers School Administrations

• Decision makers • Raising their awareness“Convincing superiors involves describing benefits of

technology in economic terms, e.g. helping teachers work more effectively, good for marketing and school image” Nik Peachey

Factor for Success: Head Teachers and School Administrations have vision and support Technology Integration

Leaders: personalities, institutions, communities Influential people and organizations - innovators

Factor for Success: Leaders should be involved in introducing Technology in Education

LEAs Ministry of Education

• Support is a guarantee for quick mainstreaming of technology

• Financing• New Teacher Appraisal Systems Factors for success : Vision and Support

Parents

Range of attitudes to Technology Ignorance about the benefits of technologies:- experience of being a learner- worries about health issuesMass media: negative coverage

Factors for success: Raising parents awareness of the benefits of

Technology for learning; Mass Media on our side (positive image)

Businesses

Factor for success: Businesses are involved via social corporate responsibility programmes

Publishers

Factor for success: co-operation with publishers to make Technology mainstream

Manufacturers of learning technology products

• cutting edge products• easily upgradable products• consider interests of all other

stakeholders and get regular feedback from them

Factors for Success

• Cutting edge products relevant to the Educational context

• Teachers are ready to integrate technology (trained, networks created)

• User-friendly technology and complete solutions• Support from Head Teachers, Schools

administrations, LEAs , Ministry of Education

Factors for Success

• Leaders and Mass Media involved

• Awareness of benefits of introducing technologies

• Mainstreaming (Publishers,

Ministries of Education)