When districts and schools look at educational technology, their checklist of requirements typically includes considerations of budget, ease of use, available software and applications, warranty and maintenance, and user training. To successfully implement educational technology, quality professional development is essential to support administrators, support staff, educators, and students in how to most effectively and efficiently use technology in the school and district.
What is quality professional development?
Effective, quality professional development is content-focused, incorporates active learning and adult learning theory, supports collaboration, models effective practice, provides opportunities for feedback and reflection, and is sustained. Professional development content must also be customized to meet the needs of the school, district, department, and staff receiving the training. One size fits all is not as effective as personalized content that answers questions, builds knowledge and skills, and encourages consistent application. Educational technology professional development is evolving: it’s not just about technology for teaching and learning; it includes effective communication systems and safety management in our schools.
Communication and security support
With digital signage and messaging platforms like the award-winning CleverLive, districts and schools can communicate information to multiple locations in real time. Communication is critical and knowing how to set up systems, design messages, assign roles and responsibilities, and deliver content is key. When specially designed professional development can guide users through how to use this specific type of communication platform, the entire school and/or district community benefits.
EOS Education by Boxlight provides professional development focused on effective communication on campus through the CleverLive platform. Our experienced trainers take the time to understand the goals and initiatives of the school or district, identify the technology being used, and create relevant and meaningful pathways for understanding and application.
Whether a school is looking for a way to engage staff and students with consistent messages to start the day, share announcements, recognize groups/individuals, or need to send urgent and critical alerts for school safety, it is important that administrators have the proper training. We work to ensure that when the time comes to implement communication, administrators feel competent and confident. When it comes to communication and security on campus, the ability to apply newly acquired skills and knowledge is key.
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