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TTL Academies planned; state changes focus
Beginning this summer the state will no longer hold its Technology in Teaching
and Learning (TTL) academies. Please share this announcement with school staff
who may be watching for information on the once-annual events.
The
academies have been a popular professional development activity during the
last seven summers. Approximately 6,900 teachers as well as network
administrators, para-professionals, and school administrators received
start-up training in the use and integration of technology into the teaching
and learning processes since the events began in the summer of 1997.
Participants learned basic computer applications, including word processing,
desktop publishing, spreadsheets, databases, web authoring, presentation
programs and best practices of curriculum integration.
Having
created a basic knowledge and comfort level among school staff, and knowing
that the use of technology is widespread in the state’s classrooms, the
Department of Education plans to shift the focus of its technology-related
professional development efforts from learning the tools of technology
to using the tools of technology to improve student achievement in
local classrooms.
DOE will
award sub-grants to local schools through a competitive process using federal
Enhancing Education Through Technology (ED Tech) funds; the awards will help
districts analyze their own data, create a plan for quality professional
development based on the results of the analysis, and carry out the
professional development with technology being a tool rather than the focus to
reach the results. The efforts will concentrate on the areas of mathematics,
reading, and science.
For more
information, contact Dr. Tammy Bauck, 605-773-6118,
tammy.bauck@state.sd.us, or Peg Henson, 605-773-2489,
peg.henson@state.sd.us.
For more
information on past TTLs, please visit this website:
http://www.sdttl.com/ |
