A PLC Technology Initiative: Our Story

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PLC Challenge:
How do we equip teachers with technology skills and knowledge of how to design rigorous units so that they can create learning environments that integrate technology effectively?



Our Plan:
Who?
Campus teams of volunteer teachers, instructional facilitators, & administrators..............................................................................................................
When?
Three days in summer + one hour each month throughout year + own time outside of face-to-face meetings
What?
Year 1
Year 2
How?
- Initiate teams in summer session
- Online Curriculum: 21 Things
- Facilitate
Measure?
- Move teachers through Tiers of Technology Integration (measured with surveys, classroom walkthroughs, teacher-created portfolios
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Alternate Route:
  • One-to-one Classrooms



Lessons Learned:
  • Greater implementation with classroom coaching
  • Teachers learn by DOING--just like our students.
  • Teachers have to become technology users before they can envision how to use digital tools.