1. Money in Ed Tech

2. Stretching Your Technology Dollar by Doug Johnson The Resourceful School, Dec. 2011-Jan.2012, Vol. 69/No.4 K-12 schools spend an estimated $400/student/year on education technology

3. School Investments in Instructional Technology: Report #8 by Ronald E. Anderson & Henry Jay Becker (1998) during early-1990s, the majority of IT spending was on building infrastructure starting mid-1990s, spending began to shift toward Internet access

4. School Investments in Instructional Technology: Report #8 by Ronald E. Anderson & Henry Jay Becker (1998) “…widespread consensus among those in government and research who have been studying computer use in education is that effective use of educational technology depends most strongly on the human element – on having teachers and support personnel who have not only the technical skills in using computers but practical pedagogical knowledge about designing computer activities that create intellectually powerful learning environments for students.”

5. Closing the Loop in Education Technology by David Nagel (2011) K-12 schools are not investing enough in technology to stay current Per-pupil spending continues to increase, but not enough of that is being spent on technology

6. Breaking Away from Tradition: In the K-12 Education Market by Stephanie Atkinson (2012) Current spending trends focus on “mobility, accessibility, and personalized education” Technology trends in K-12 are following green initiatives (paperless classrooms, e-textbooks, etc.) Increased use of social networking in education Red-tape as well as state/local budget constraints at the K-12 level means K-12 schools are ~10 years behind universities with respect to education technology

8. The End

9. How to use a computer

10. 2+2=4

11. Think pair share

12. Concept formation lesson style is good for teaching about democracy

13. Putting a Smart Board in the middle of the room to orient students attention.

14. Using a microscope to look at parts of a cell.

15. Teaching students to write a paragraph using a computer vs. teaching them to write on paper.