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What Matters Most

“Forcing teachers together with students to purpose tech because y'all bring it volition never acquire the results y'all want. Integrate when appropriate.” – Eric Sheninger

I beloved technology. Now close of y'all are non shocked past times that disceptation together with hence allow me explicate it amongst some to a greater extent than detail.  I beloved applied scientific discipline for its mightiness to transform lives together with professional person practice.  The formation of a Personal Learning Network (PLN) has opened my eyes together with heed to an array of ideas, strategies, together with tools to back upward together with lift learning through the assistance of technology.  Society, the landscape inward our schools, together with the learners who nosotros serve proceed to modify every bit our digital basis evolves. This non entirely presents a fantastic chance to implement transformative practices, but it also represents a distinct telephone weep upward for action.

The possibilities are quite endless, but the incorrect focus tin together with volition termination inward disaster. Forcing students together with educators to purpose applied scientific discipline simply for the sake of using it volition never transform teaching together with learning. There are no quick fixes for the many prevalent issues inward our pedagogy system. Viewing applied scientific discipline every bit a silverish bullet or cure is misguided at best.  As I proceed to scout districts, schools, together with classrooms infuse applied scientific discipline at a surface level, inward close cases I am seeing no distinct changes inward teaching, learning together with leadership. This is what matters most. 

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As adult learners at that spot should move emphasis on improving instructional blueprint together with pedagogical techniques that volition prepare students into critical thinkers together with work solvers.  There is also a glaring demand to do improve way to assess together with render feedback to students every bit to whether or non they are coming together the higher standards that educators are instantly tasked amongst addressing.  The primal to learning success resides inward ever focusing on edifice a potent instructional foundation.

With this inward mind, applied scientific discipline does non acquire an plus or gimmick simply to engage students. Its business office becomes integral to the instructional procedure through back upward together with enhancement of learning outcomes aligned to to a greater extent than rigorous standards.  Technology inward itself promises nothing. It is what y'all together with your students do amongst applied scientific discipline aligned to audio pedagogy that volition brand all the difference. In the terminate applied scientific discipline initiatives volition either flourish or flounder. The number is inward your hands. Lessons, projects, initiatives, together with civilization should never move built or together with hence technology. Focus on learning offset together with firstly together with the possibilities of applied scientific discipline are endless. That’s what matters most.  This is, later on all, the main business office of education. 

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