July 2004 — SETDA
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South Dakota: Linking Data Collection & Professional Learning at the Britton-Hecla SD
She not only completed her three assigned interviews, but two additional ones as well. 'It was so much fun to visit with teachers in other schools about the ways in which they were integrating technology with students in their classrooms,' she says. 'The kinds of student activities shared by teachers represented a range of technology uses and varying levels of sophistication, but in every example the teacher was enthused about the new technology skills they had learned and felt capable of implementing in their classroom.'Valuing the Content and the Process
This example of the Britton-Hecla School District's use of both the data collection process and the data content as tools for improving the quality of technology integration and teacher technology skills in their district may serve as a model for other districts to consider in their efforts to leverage the use of data and impact the use of technology for improved teaching and learning. The components and details of the ILTP study, a statewide data collection process, are shared in a companion article titled 'A South Dakota Report Card: Results From the ISTE/LOFTI Teacher Profile Study' click here to read.
Online Resources
- Britton-Hecla School District
http://britton.k12.sd.us - LOFTI Project
http://lofti.tie.net - ISTE Standards
http://cnets.iste.org/teachers/t_stands.html
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