Here are five professional development strategies that work in
the smart K-12 classroom. It's not enough to fill K-12
classrooms with technology and hope that teachers will embrace
the new tools and integrate them into their daily lessons. In
fact, if there's one thing that districts have learned during
this information age it's this: Without adequate support and
motivation educators will retreat to their old ways of teaching.
The good news is that technology-oriented professional
development tools and processes have emerged almost as quickly
as the equipment, software, and applications themselves have.
Whether the programs are created and managed in-house, supplied
by product vendors, or handled by third parties, professional
development is both accessible and affordable. Here are five
strategies that schools and districts can use to ramp up their
own smart classroom professional development programs: Develop a
multifaceted training model for teachers. Kimberly Race has seen
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