Powering up : learning to teach well with technology / Eileen M. Coppola ; foreword by Richard F. Elmore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coppola, Eileen M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer-assisted instruction--Case studies.

Computer-assisted instruction.

Education--Curricula--Data processing--Case studies.

Education.

Educational technology--Case studies.

Educational technology.

Education--Curricula--Data processing.

Education--Curricula.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xvi, 189 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Teachers College Press, [2004]

Contents:

Paradox: The Promise and Perils of New Technologies 1

Researching Success: A Natural Experiment 11

Part I Computers, Pedagogy, and School Reform: Relationships and Intersections 13

1 High Technology, High Standards, and Cognitive Research: How Can Schools Meet Their Promise? 15

The Vision: Computers, New Pedagogies, High Standards 16

New Approaches: Merging School Reform, Standards, and Technology 24

2 Keeping Your Eye on the Ball: Instruction at the Center of School Organization 26

Researching Instruction in Context: Moving from the Center Outward 28

Background Knowledge: The Baseline School 38

Part II Learning to Teach with Technology: Five Narratives 43

3 Beginning with the Whole: Contexts and Commonalities 45

Woodland High School 45

Professional Learning: Commonalities 48

4 Using Computers to Measure, Analyze, Model: The Physics Class 53

Instruction: A Hands-On Approach 54

Professional Learning: Theory, Intensive Experience, Continuous Improvement 57

5 Strengthening Interdisciplinary and Multidimensional Understanding: Ancient Greek Language, History, and Literature 64

Instruction: Motivation, Sequencing, Depth 64

Professional Learning: University-Based, Self-Taught, Relying on Students 69

6 Simulating the Real World: Modern Economics 75

Instruction: "Knowing When Someone Is Trying to Do You In" 75

Professional Learning: Waiting for Technology to Meet the Need 81

7 The Soul and Process of Writing: Required Sophomore English 85

Instruction: The Writing Workshop 86

Professional Learning: Developing a Pedagogy Based on the Writing Process 91

8 Powering Up Business Tools: A Course in Entrepreneurship 95

Instruction: Integrating Computers into the Business World 96

Professional Learning: A Computer User from the Beginning 98

Part III Teacher Learning and Organizational Culture: Implications for Leadership and Policy 105

9 Teacher Learning: How New Uses of Technology Are Created in Classrooms 107

The Commitment to Use Computers 107

Defining Instructional Problems 112

Scanning for New Ideas and Practices 116

Creating New Curriculum and Practice 118

Trying, Reflecting, and Refining 119

Relationships Among the Five Learning Processes 122

10 Completing the Puzzle: Learning and Organizational Culture 124

The Technological Infrastructure 125

Time, Space, and Opportunities to Work with Colleagues 128

Norms, Values, and Ideas: The Essence of Culture 131

Not a Formula: Cultural Coherence, Consistency, and Appropriateness 146

Moving Back Toward the Center: Organizational Culture's Influence on Professional Learning 148

11 Recommendations for Leaders 150.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-176) and index.

ISBN:

0807744999

0807744980

OCLC:

55634003