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Stage 1 - Entry
Stage 2 - Adoption
Stage 3 -Adaptation
Stage 4 - Appropriation
Stage 5 - Invention
Activities

Stage Comparison Chart
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Other resources:

Apple Classroom of Tomorrow (Apple)
Experienced Teacher Standards (EPSB)
National Educational Technology Standards (ISTE)
Assessing Technology in Fayette County (PowerPoint Presentation)
Office of Educational Technology (FCPS)

Invention - Teachers will discover new uses for technology tools, and allow students to select between them themselves.

The shift from teacher-centered instruction to student-centered instruction is now complete. The availability of technology tools is enhanced by the teacher's work of discovering and developing new tools (as reflected in Standard 10.12), and the selection and use of these tools is placed in the hands of students.

Activities which might match this stage:

• Working in small groups or individually, students select a specific topic relevant to the class, and select a medium (video, PowerPoint, brochure, or even a non-technology-using media such as a work of art) to display the research on that topic.
• Students select or construct images for a video on a subject of their choosing, using an assigned writing style.
• Students collaborate on a newspaper, electronically submitting articles on a variety of subjects for final assembly by a designated group.
• Students use e-communications (email, online forum) to discuss and exchange ideas on a subject, and write up what they've learned there in a format they choose.