761 week Four - February 11, 2004
Innovation Initiation/ Adoption & Teachers' Instrucitonal Beliefs
IEA’s Second International study of Technology in Education (SITES) Module 2 (M2)
- Reading two: a case report
1. go to http://sitesm2.org/sitesm2_search/
and choose “Advanced Search” and then scroll *all the way down* this page to the heading “Project Clusters.”
2. select any cluster to search for cases in that cluster. Pick one (not from the U.S. or one mentioned in the Kozma article). Read it and note -which cluster defines it? - was the instructional practice an innovation or a reform - what appeared to be the rationale for the technology use? -what contextual factors aided its success?
3. Bring this information and a copy of the case to class to share with your group.
Processing the Fullan and TWT readings
- PowerPoint file from class
- Goals of Education, Conceptions of Curriculum, and their relationship to IT use
- Applying this to your case
Dexter, Anderson & Becker Reading
Sara Dexter © 2003