My hope is that maybe teachers can get more “bang for their buck” by learning to better use the tech that they already use daily, as well as maybe learn a bit about a few other programs that can help them do more, faster, better. This is probably true, though perhaps less so, after 18+ months of pandemic-induced remote education. The truth is, there is huge waste and under-usage of “EdTech” websites, apps, and software. This EdWeek article goes into that a bit. Similarly, there is research showing that students and teachers are not all that tech savvy, despite the students supposedly being “digital natives”. Also, of course, we need to know that the time, money, and effort that went into using a technology would not have been better spent on something else. I am just saying we need to use it with clear educational goals and an understanding of how exactly the technology will improve student outcomes. Check with all the districts that implemented 1-to-1 programs 9 (pre-Covid) without proper training, or appropriate curriculum modifications, for a real-world example of how “more tech” does not automagically 10 mean “better outcomes”.ĭon’t get me wrong, I’m not against technology in the classroom. Technology is just one more tool in teachers’ toolboxes technology by itself does not automatically improve teaching or learning. This book is not about using technology in the classroom, or “edtech” in general. This book is for any teacher who wants to use technology to improve student outcomes. ![]() One thing I do, for example, is send out individual chapters 8 to teachers in my schools at the beginning of the school year (and again as people have questions). as you like - as long as you follow the license and “share alike” as they say. Every Teachers Guide to Technology * is published under a Creative Commons license, and you are free to copy, print, distribute, modify, etc. Speaking of this book, thank you for reading it - if you find it useful, I hope you will share it with others. “Every Teacher’s” is the best way, I think, to make it clear to everyone that this book will be accessible and useful. “The Uninformed Teacher’s Guide to Technology” might have been acceptable, but it still focuses too much on the negative. Uninformed on this topic they might (might!) be, but reading this book should help with that. Also, I do not want to insult my readers by calling them “stupid”, “idiots”, or “dummies”. You do not need any special training or experience to understand and use the information here. My intended meaning of “Every Teacher’s” is that this guide is accessible to anyone with an interest in using technology for education. Teachers who cannot read English would also not get much from this book. Many teachers already know more than me about technology, and they will likely get little out of this book. Obviously, this book is not actually every teacher’s guide to technology. Let me begin by explaining the * in the title. Many thanks also to the wonderful people who created and maintain the Tufte LaTeX styles. Their feedback has been most helpful and is most appreciated. Several friends have been kind enough to read through this book over the last few years as I put it together. in 2008, earned my MA TESOL from ODU, and a K-12 teaching license from the state of Ohio, and began working as an ESOL teacher. I have been working in education since 1995, when I went to Japan as an ALT on the JET Program(me). Yes, I’ve had this graphic for about 22 years. I started using Linux in 1998 and have been a happy Gentoo Linux user for many, many years. 3 More recently, I have experience with MS Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux. ![]() I have used personal computers since at least the days of the Commodore 64 and the Odyssey 2. 2 I taught EFL (English as a Foreign Language) in Japan for many years. I am an ESOL teacher in Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A. HTML version: 1.0.1 Last Updated: 31 December 2021 About The Author & Acknowledgments ![]() You are free to copy, modify, and redistribute this work under the terms of that license.Įdition: 1.0.1 Last Updated: 08 December 2021 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Original PDF and editable versions are available at. This book is copyright © 2021 Chris Spackman. Scanning and Optical Character RecognitionĮvery Teachers Guide To Technology * was written on GNU/Linux ( Gentoo Distribution) with Free / Open Source Software (mostly Emacs and LaTeX).For this HTML version, these wereĬonverted to end notes. LaTeX book style, which means the original PDF version hasĬopious notes in the margins. Will not be updated as often as the PDF files. NOTE: This page is automatically generatedįrom the original LaTeX source.
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