Provide extensive collegial support and professional development for technology integration to avoid maintaining the digital divide¶

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Description¶

The report's new 2001 technology profiles assess support for technology integration and availability and use of technology in the classroom. It advises that meaningful integration of technology into the work lives of students and teachers requires extensive support: schools need wiring, computers, and Internet access, but teachers especially need collegial support and professional development to learn to use these resources well in their classrooms. Absent such developments, maintenance of the digital divide seems likely.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Principal support, human resource support such as a technology coordinator and working hardware, faculty support, and technology-based professional development must all be in place

Constraints¶

• The report states technology has changed virtually every workplace, except schools, and integration is only beginning

Target Learners¶

• Teachers and students in Chicago public high schools

Target Learning Goals¶

• Meaningful integration of technology into classroom instruction

Claims¶

• Professional learning on emerging technologies is widely available but misaligned with faculty workload, time, and incentives [~W]

Related Strategies¶

• CEO Forum recommendations: prepare and certify teachers for technology integration across pre-service, licensure, and in-service career stages
• Foster community in counsellor education through student organizations, common space, collegial feedback, and rewards for mutual support
• Address Digital Literacy
• Support faculty UDL uptake through shared resources, discussion forums, responsive accessibility services, and recognition of accessible design work

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Luppescu, S., Hart, H., Nagaoka, J., Easton, J. Q., & Sweeney, R. E. (2001). Pablo Neruda High School: Improving Chicago's Schools, 2001 Survey Report. Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/improving-chicagos-schools-pablo-neruda-high-school