Action+Research

Technology and Constructivism

 **Abstract:** In response to a campus-wide technology implementation, a professional development framework was designed to support integration of the technology into best practices for teaching and learning. The technology integration/quality instruction professional learning community predicted that more high-yield strategies would take place in classrooms where time was not lost to struggling with unfamiliar technology. This research project assessed the effectiveness of creating a professional development model that focused on sustained, ongoing support for both technology implementation and quality instructional practices. Teachers were surveyed at the start and at the end of the school year, and the results found that the new professional development model improved their overall confidence in utilizing the technology regularly and effectively. Additionally, student performance indicated this confidence was translating to higher levels of student achievement in classrooms where teachers had taken the most advantage of the professional development framework.

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