Abstract. Our group is focused on developing teachers' (K-20) visions of how to
use technology to support more powerful forms of learning, and ways to
realize those visions through creation of assessments that embody
these changes. We want to move beyond minimum competency standards
and create assessments that accurately reflect the quality of
teacher's understandings about the potential applications of
technology to teaching and learning. Our interests include strategies
for using assessment to help re-shape pre-service, in-service, and
professional experiences (e.g., school culture)to better prepare and
support teachers in their use of technology.
Group Contact: Jason Ravitz.
Jason Ravitz
Bob Pawloski
Jan Altman
Ed Coughlin
Jim Middleton
Fern Tavalin
Holly Buckland
Ron Stevens
Tony Petrosino
Jim Pellegrino
Ken Wang
1) To establish a more powerful vision of the future use of technology
in teaching and learning, and how to assess competencies related to
this vision, e.g., demonstrations of practice.
2) To understand the progression of competencies over the course of
teachers' careers.
3) Orchestrating teacher education programs in higher education to
better model effective use of technology, including in the training
of teacher educators, disciplinary specialists and administrators.
4) Supporting in-service programs by providing meaningful
assessments that reflect the key competencies for use of technology
for teaching & learning.
5) Articulate these visions across levels of the educational system.
IMMEX Spiral of Professional Development
Milken Professional Development Continuum
NSF Programs (e.g., Arizona Collaborative for Excellence in the
Preparation of Teachers)
CILT Seed Grant for empirically-derived assessment of readiness
Univ. Vermont assessments in art and music.
Sets of case-based materials and a model for integrating technology
across the curriculum (Vanderbilt)
Milken will participate in Seed Grant and help provide tools for
teacher self-assessment.
Group will participate in NETS (National Educational Teacher Standards)
project.
Provide an online resource to help assess use of good teaching
principles
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