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Overview

BEYOND Technology Education lives its Mission of “inspiring educators in the use of technology to improve teaching and learning in the classroom”. We do this by helping teachers, students, administrators, parents and all stake holders of a school to understand and value the integration of technology into the entire school culture. This process is not a simple hardware fix or software solution. This process is done in several steps that evaluate teachers, students, curriculum and the school’s infrastructure. Once this has begun a full school Integration plan can be developed and implemented. The results of a BEYOND Technology Education Integration Plan are:

· Return on investment – teachers teaching better and students learning better through engaging lesson plans that incorporate higher order thinking skills and impact your curriculum.

· Life long learning – teachers and students developing a problem solving ability to keep pace with the changes in technology that they will undoubtedly encounter throughout their educational and professional careers.

· Computer fluency – the ability to understand the “tool”, how to use it and when to use it, taught within the school’s academic curriculum framework.

· School wide technology integration – technology becomes seamless and is no longer an optional add-on but a truly integrated part of the culture or DNA of the school. This is accomplished by bringing the ISTE Standards based high tech learning in the computer lab into the classroom curriculum with both lab teachers and classroom teachers orchestrating just-in-time learning plans.

Our philosophies promote inspired teachers, motivated students and excited parents. We carefully develop a sustainable, three-year plan for complete school wide technology integration that utilizes academically and fiscally sound methods. This happens by simply applying researched and proven plans that have been updated and modified for each unique school setting. The three steps include:

1. Training teachers

2. Training students

3. Integrating technology into the classroom curriculum

Basically we want to move the entire school BEYOND what is believed to be achievable today.

Info Box

DALLAS - September 4, 2002 - A survey released today by Texas Instruments found that an overwhelming majority (94%) of parents surveyed felt that the use of technology has benefited their children's ability to learn.

Many expect to extend their commitment by spending more than $100 on school supplies and educational technology per child; more than 20 percent expecting to spend over $250 per child.

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