Recommendations and Solutions
Recommendations
More integration training
Extend use of lab

 


Solutions
Subject area specialists
Campus-level experts
Evaluate impact
Maximize scheduling of labs

Recommendations
1.      Help WIN teachers develop more highly integrated lessons that take better advantage of technology to teach concepts and promote the use of computers as cognitive tools.
2.      Extend the benefits of the labs beyond the initial cadre of five teachers per school.

Solutions
1. Work with subject area specialists to identify technology applications that provide specific help for essential curriculum tasks, including those necessary for state test (TAAS) preparation.
2. Leverage the large investment in professional development by finding ways to support WIN teachers as campus-level experts.
3. Evaluate the impact of curriculum-focused activities on student outcomes to identify those areas in which technology makes a difference, and use those findings to build a case for additional hardware and software.
4. Maximize scheduling of the existing labs so that students in each school have the greatest possible access to the resource.

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