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From technophobes to tech believers: high-quality professional development can turn the most reluctant teachers into enthusiastic users of classroom technology. It's key to any effort to reform the way students are taught and data is collected.(Professional Development)

Publication: T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education)
Publication Date: 01-JUL-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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OVERSIZED THREE-RING BINDERS, overhead projector sheets, die-cut bulletin-board displays, and other dated teaching supplies packed my spare bedroom closet until this April's spring cleaning. Though not a traditional pack rat, I still had mounds of material from my classroom teaching days. As...

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...I rummaged through the closet's contents, I realized most of it was going to be recycled or thrown out because the digital age had made these supplies obsolete the notion of sorting through piles of papers is antiquated when high-quality resources are available online. Most of my binders were from random, standalone workshops. When each workshop ended, the binder went on the shelf and collected dust. I thought about my former coworkers still in the classroom and their overflowing classroom closets and wondered: Had they parted with their binders yet? Have they embraced the digital age? Are they receiving the ongoing support needed to best incorporate technology, or are they still stuck with those...

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