July 2004 — SETDA
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South Dakota: A South Dakota Report Card: Results From the ISTE/LOFTI Teacher Profile
Standard III - 'Addresses technology standards.' Teachers scoring low in this area have not aligned activities in their lesson/unit design with specific technology standards for students.
Standard IV - 'Applies technology in assessing student learning' and 'uses technology to collect information, analyze data, interpret results and communicate findings.' As a group, South Dakota teachers seldom use technology for managing student assessment data or assessing student learning of content and/or skills. In addition, teachers infrequently use technology for data collection and analysis. They were unable to offer examples of technology used for these purposes.
Finally, more than half the teachers either did not meet or only partially met the performance standard identified in each of these areas.
Click here to view the ISTE Performance Indicators/ILTP Score Range chart.
Lessons Learned
How do LOFTI participants perform relative to the 2000 ISTE Standards? The ILTP study helped the LOFTI project answer this overarching question and provided the data necessary for making informed decisions about program improvements. The study also provided project evaluators a process for standardizing the collection of data regarding teacher performance on the 23 indicators associated with six standards identified by ISTE. The ILTP study was recognized by interviewers, reviewers, teacher interviewees, LOFTI project leadership, and LOFTI evaluators as a valuable professional development and capacity building experience.
Undertaking a major study such as ILTP requires a commitment of human and fiscal resources to properly implement each phase. However, the benefits can be far-reaching for participating schools and individual teachers when the results are used to design and focus professional development efforts. The use of data from this study may be key to sustaining the LOFTI work of improving teacher technology skills and helping them find meaningful ways to use technology for improving teaching and learning. The use of the data by other statewide educational entities may give meaningful direction to other statewide professional development efforts.
Online Resources
- Britton/Hecla School District LOFTI project
http://cw028.k12.sd.us - LOFTI Project
http://lofti.tie.net - The ILTP Study
http://lofti.tie.net/resources/Dissemination/iltp/iltp.htm - South Dakota Board of Regents
www.sdbor.edu/ - Technology & Innovations in Education
www.tie.net/
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