STaR Chart Teaching and Learning

OUR

CHAL

LENG

E“…..is to move from the traditional led learning to a student-centered collaborative model”

21st Century

Learning

• Traditional model no longer

adequate

• Students must become active

participants

• Learning and teaching must

connect to students’ lives

What Our Children Should

Know About Technology in

the 21st Century

to be sure sources are credible

Gain skills for collaboratively

constructing, using, and

communicating the knowledge needed

for any learning project

WE MUST BE

THE CHANGE

Levels of

Progress• EARLY TECH – instruction is teacher centered and

students occasionally use software applications

and/or use tutorial software for drill and practice.

• DEVELOPING TECH – instruction is teacher

directed and students regularly use technology

on an individual basis to access electronic

information and develop communication and

presentation projects.

• ADVANCED TECH – instruction is teacher

facilitated and students work with peers and

experts to evaluate information, analyze data

and content in order to problem solve.

• TARGET TECH – the teacher serves as facilitator,

mentor, and co-learner. Students have on-

demand access to all appropriate technologies to

complete activities that have been seamlessly

integrated into all core content areas.

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Texas Star Chart – www.tea.state.tx.us/starchart