Index of Advocacy Stories
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Use these advocacy stories in:
- a meeting with your school board
- presentations to parents or your business community
- an interview with a reporter
- testimony before your state legislature
- a face-to-face meeting with a legislator or staffer
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Transformation
Stories that show how teaching, learning, and leading change for the
better with integration of technology.
A
New Twist on Technology
(PDF, 57 KB, PDF Instructions)
In a demonstration classroom, students put a new twist on technology
use.
New
Educator Finds Passion for Teaching
(PDF, 60 KB, PDF Instructions)
By connecting her students with experts via videoconferencing, a new
teacher discovers a passion for teaching.
Principal
Becomes Technology Advocate
(PDF, 61 KB, PDF Instructions)
A principal becomes an advocate for using technology, and leads his
school to change the professional learning culture.
Principal
Becomes Technology Leader
(PDF, 59 KB, PDF Instructions)
A principal becomes a technology leader when presented with a powerful
tool.
Students
Motivated by Problem-Based Learning
(PDF, 54 KB, PDF Instructions)
At an inner-city school serving a high-poverty population, students
become motivated to learn through a problem-based learning
experience.
Technology
Tools Improve Learning
(PDF, 60 KB, PDF Instructions)
A teacher discovers the best tool to support learning and becomes an
advocate for technology tools that improve student learning.
Achievement
Stories that show how technology influences academic success.
Students
Improve Research Skills
(PDF, 60 KB, PDF Instructions)
Using online databases and evaluating sources, students think critically
about information and become more skilled at research.
Technology
Helps Struggling Students
(PDF, 61 KB, PDF Instructions)
Struggling students make dramatic achievement gains, using technology at
home and at school to help close the achievement gap.
Connection
Stories that show how technology use builds communities and fosters
authentic learning experiences.
GPS
Technology Connects Community
(PDF, 60 KB, PDF Instructions)
Students, parents, and community connect in new ways through use of GPS
technology.
Schools
Collaborate on Project Transformed by Technology
(PDF, 59 KB, PDF Instructions)
Teachers in six schools collaborate to transform a traditional project
with technology.
Motivation
Stories that show how technology engages and inspires to enhance
learning.
Alternative
School Students Shine with Technology
(PDF, 60 KB, PDF Instructions)
Technology gives students a chance to shine in an alternative school
setting.
Learners
Use Technology to Speak Out Against Bullying
(PDF, 61 KB, PDF Instructions)
Students use technology to speak out against bullying and learn about
alternatives to gang culture.
Students
Introduce New Technologies
(PDF, 58 KB, PDF Instructions)
At a math and science academy, students take the lead in introducing new
technologies.
Access
Stories that show how technology opens doors and builds equity for
diverse populations, providing more opportunities to learn.
English
Language Learners Excel in Global Project
(PDF, 59 KB, PDF Instructions)
Immigrant students improve communication skills and gain confidence
through global online project.
New
Tool Expands Tech Access at Home
(PDF, 63 KB, PDF Instructions)
A technology administrator dreams up a low-cost, portable device that
will expand the students' access to technology at home.
Rural
Students Learn Foreign Language Via Satellite
(PDF, 60 KB, PDF Instructions)
Using satellite broadcasts for individualized learning, students and
teachers in rural Nebraska learn to speak Japanese and expand their
cultural fluency.
Student
Gains Sense of Self as Learner
(PDF, 60 KB, PDF Instructions)
A student gains a new view of himself as a learner when his school
provides him with access to technology.
Students
Share Insights Using the Web
(PDF, 60 KB, PDF Instructions)
In rural Pennsylvania, students become knowledgeable experts, and use
the Web to share their insights with the larger world.
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