Webinar: "Yes, We Can! Using Technology to Improve Student Learning"

Presenter: Mary Burns, Ph.D.

Has been in education for over 20 years as a teacher, technology specialist, teacher professional development provider and evaluator. She worked for 10 years as a middle and high school teacher in the US; at Campion College, in Kingston, Jamaica; at the Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in México and in migrant communities along the Texas-México border. Read more here.

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For thirty years we’ve been told that technology can foster critical thinking in students—but often we have seen little evidence of this. The challenge is to combine research on learning, with appropriate choices and uses of technology, and combine these with formative instructional approaches. This webinar blends what we know about learning, research-proven instructional techniques (e.g., based on the work of John Hattie and Robert Marzano) that, in combination with a number of various technologies, can promote the kids of critical thinking we want for our students.

Organized by: The Inter-American Teacher Education Network and the Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)

Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC), is a global nonprofit organization that addresses some of the world’s most urgent challenges in education, health, and international development. EDC manages more than 250 projects in 30 countries. To learn more, visit www.edc.org and follow us on Twitter @EDCtweets.

When: Wednesday May 22th, 2013 (English) and Thursday May 23rd, 2013 (Spanish) from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm both days. (Time expressed in local time of Washington, D.C.).

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