The Vermont Educational Technology Plan provided clear direction for the WSWSU Plan:
Vermont's Vision for Learning Technology
The aim of 21st century education is learning - creative, powerful, personal, and open-ended in our lives. Technology should be the water, ever-present yet almost invisible, in which our students learning swims.
Goal 1: Student-Centered Learning
Teachers create a learning environment in which Vermont students use information and communication technologies to engage in learning tasks that are meaningful, relevant, and authentic, in ways that engage their interest and foster independent and collaborative learning. Best practices lead to activities not always dependent on direct instruction and teacher-imparted knowledge.
The roles are spelled out on this page:
WSWSU will...
Local Goal: Our SU will utilize technology to support the development of 21st Century skills in students and teachers by working toward student-centered learning practices.
Indicators of Success for this Goal: Y1: Grade 6-8 teachers will have revised their curriculum and assessments to reflect student centered (technology supported) learning approaches and promotion of 21st century skills in year one. Their experiences and revised curriculum will be available digitally to others. Grades K-5 teachers will have begun to increase the student centered learning opportunities in their classrooms. Grades 9-12 will have developed a plan for increasing student centered learning in Y2 and Y3. By Y3 all students and teachers seamlessly utilize technology effectively to support learning across the curriculum by consistently integrating a variety of technologies and technology-infused techniques into classroom curriculum.
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