What role can technology play in the struggle to help all students achieve and come to proficiency? How can technology help teachers reach more students and help them perform. Participants will explore 5 critical approaches to using technology in the classroom to support learning, achievement, and your proficiency-based learning work.
5 Critical Approaches:
- Loosen Up Pace
- Personalize Learning
- Support Independent Learning
- Teach for Understanding
- Create the Conditions for Student (self) Motivation
Leveraging Technology for Competency & Achievement
- Tech for Loosening Up Pace: How does technology help us provide some flexibiliy of timeframe for student learning?
- Tech for Personalizing Learning: How does technology help us tailor the learning to the student?
- Tech for Supporting Independent Learning: How can technology help the student do more on their own and need the teacher less?
- Plain English Instructional Model
- Teach for Understanding
- Tech for Foundational Knowledge: How can we help students learn the basics?
- Tech for Practice and Deepening Understanding
- Tech for Using Knowledge: How can we contextualize learning and make learning engaging and meaningful? How can students use their knowledge? What is the role for creating and creativity, and for project-based learning?
- Tech for Assessment: How can technology help us capture what students know and can do?
- Creating the Conditions for Students to be Motivated
Additional Resources:
Mike’s Sites: 
- Mike’s Consulting: StudentLearning.Guru
- McMEL (Maine Center for Meaningful Engaged Learning)
- Blog: MultiplePathways.info
- Learning Through Technology Blog: MoreVerbs.info
- Micro-credentials Project: iLearnMaine.org
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