Reshape educational technology integration in classrooms to build truly
transformative learning spaces. This concise, reader-friendly guide
outlines a clear approach for properly and skillfully using digital
learning tools to promote deeper, personalized learning across subjects
and grade levels. The authors impart tips and strategies for avoiding
common missteps, overcoming implementation challenges, and redesigning
instruction that is both meaningful and engaging.
This quick guide will help you integrate educational technology in the
classroom and create digital learning spaces:
- Consider the challenge educators face when integrating technology in
the classroom and current technology-integration frameworks, such as
SAMR, RAT, and TPACK.
- Discover how to create a successful digital learning space or
environment that encourages academic growth.
- Explore the authors' 4 Shifts Protocol (formerly trudacot), which
focuses on the four big shifts that schools are making toward (1)
deeper thinking and learning, (2) authentic work, (3) student agency
and personalized learning, and (4) technology infusion.
- Learn how the 4 Shifts Protocol can help teachers adjust and improve
their current lessons and activities.
- Study specific scenarios on how to utilize the 4 Shifts Protocol
across multiple subjects and grade levels.
Contents:
About the Authors
Foreword
Introduction: Framing the Challenge
Chapter 1: Seeking a New Approach
Chapter 2: Introducing the 4 Shifts Protocol
Chapter 3: Redesigning Elementary School Lessons and Units
Chapter 4: Redesigning Secondary Lessons and Units
Chapter 5: Designing From Standards
Chapter 6: Implementing the Protocol -- Tips, Strategies, and Other
Suggestions
Epilogue: Staying in Touch
References and Resources
Books in the Solutions for Creating the Learning Spaces Students
Deserve series:
- Embracing a Culture of Joy
- Creating a Culture of Feedback
- Reimagining Literacy Through Global Collaboration
- Making Learning Flow
- Different Schools for a Different World
- Personalizing Learning Through Voice and Choice
- Harnessing Technology for Deeper Learning
