What’s Wrong With Teacher PD for Technology—and How to Make It Better
May 19, 2021
Educators continue to complain about the quality of training they receive to help them learn how to integrate technology into teaching and learning. Too often, the training is focused on the technology rather than the learning goals or it is not as practical and immediately applicable as teachers need it to be.
But the experiences that educators and professional development experts have had using technology during COVID-19 are reshaping their views about what good professional development should look like. The days of shuffling educators or teachers-in-training into a big room and teaching them the same skills, at the same pace, in a lecture format are likely gone forever due to the pandemic. But the changes afoot are still a work in progress.
But the experiences that educators and professional development experts have had using technology during COVID-19 are reshaping their views about what good professional development should look like. The days of shuffling educators or teachers-in-training into a big room and teaching them the same skills, at the same pace, in a lecture format are likely gone forever due to the pandemic. But the changes afoot are still a work in progress.
Professional Development How to Fix 7 Fatal Flaws in Tech Professional DevelopmentOne silver lining of the pandemic is that it forced some districts to rethink their PD priorities and find new ways of training teachers.
Teacher Preparation Remote Learning Is Changing Schools. Teacher-Preparation Programs Have to AdjustFor schools to leverage lessons learned during the pandemic, new teachers need better training on how to work in online environments.
Classroom Technology Q&A Lessons Learned From Teachers About How to Develop New Technology SkillsTwo teachers who learned new technology skills during the pandemic share how they think schools should rethink professional development.
Classroom Technology Q&A Teachers: Here Are Tips for Using Your New 'Geeky' Skills to Improve Classroom ManagementHow educators can use the lessons of the pandemic to reshape classroom management for next school year and beyond.
