This is the paper I presented at CIES in Chicago. The thoughts presented here are just one dimension of a larger piece of work we did on successful technology-using schools in Chile, Turkey and India that looked at the factors of success as well as changes in the classroom learning environment.
Abstract: Case studies of six schools in Chile, India, and Turkey who used the Intel Teach Essentials professional development program on ICTs and project-based learning to support classroom innovation found four dimensions of change in learning environments across the countries that help teachers use ICT to support students’ learning: changes in teachers’ knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes; changes in how students engage with content; changes in relationships among students, teachers, and parents; and changes in the use of ICT tools to promote learning. Our findings indicate that larger shifts in the educational environment must not just occur at the teacher level, but must take hold throughout the educational system and must accompany sustained investment in infrastructure, human resources, curricular frameworks, and assessment.
