Technology

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Technology in education is an essential array of tools that support and energize learning and teaching. It uses tools available to children in their daily lives; supports tasks that are purposeful, real-life applications of skills and understanding; and promotes work that requires problem solving, product development, and the creation of new knowledge.

Articles 

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Educational Leadership

• Teaching Screenagers (February 2011)
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• Roadblocks on the Information Highway (November 2010)
• Opening Digital Doors (November 2010)
• Teaching for the 21st Century (September 2009)
  (theme issue; several articles in free, full text)
• Literacy 2.0 (March 2009)
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• Measuring What Matters (December 2008)
• Reshaping High Schools (May 2008) 
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• Balance in the Balance (May 2007)
• The Curriculum Superhighway (May 2007)

Education Update

• Financial Literacy: An Imperative in Economic Hard Times (February 2009)
• Creating Global Classrooms (January 2009)

ASCD Express

• Who Will Lead the Way in the Age of Globalization? (October 2009)
  (theme issue; several articles in free, full text)
• 21st Century Learning (October 2008)
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Books & Publications

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• Focus: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning (2011)
• Transformational Teaching in the Information Age: Making Why and How We Teach Relevant to Students (2011)
• Curriculum 21: Essential Education for a Changing World (2010)
• 21st Century Skills: Learning for Life in Our Times (2009) 

Webinars 

• Mike Fisher: Digital Learning Strategies (July 31, 2014)
• Erik Palmer: Digitally Speaking: Creating Exceptional Podcasts, Videos, and More (July 16, 2014)
• Andrew Miller: Technology Integration to Meet the Needs of the Common Core (June 9, 2014)

Online Learning 

PD Online^® Courses

Browse our online course catalog for more information about the following PD Online courses.

• Technology in Schools: A Balanced Perspective, 2nd Edition
• Enhancing Teaching with Technology

Videos 

You can watch sample clips of some of the videos.

• Assessment for 21st Century Learning DVD Set (2010)
• 21st Century Skills: Promoting Creativity and Innovation in the Classroom DVD (2009)
• Learning to Think. . . Thinking to Learn: The Pathway to Achievement DVD and User Guide (2007)

Experts & Events

ASCD Faculty members are available for on-site capacity-building professional development on technology in schools. ASCD can design a precise professional development plan, organized around our field-tested solutions, with a focus on the education foundations that make sense for you.

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ASCD Conferences, One-, Two-, and Three-Day Institutes, and other special events frequently feature sessions about technology in schools.

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