Reports
Northshore School District report is in on the success of its Challenge Project Grant |
The Challenge Project Grant
The Challenge Project Grant for the Northshore School District in WA has provided district teachers with technology that has revolutionized their classrooms including Promethean ACTIVboards, projectors and document cameras. The purpose of the evaluation is to determine the extent to which teachers have implemented the technology provided by the grant into their classrooms and to determine the extent to which the use of the equipment has the potential to positively impact teaching and learning.
Findings from the Challenge Project evaluation include:
- Teachers are using the equipment at high rates;
- Use of the technology provided as part of this project is largely intuitive and serves as a bridge between old and new technologies;
- Teachers are using the equipment at a rate of 6:1 more than the students;
- Teachers and evaluators concur that the presence and use of the equipment has positively changed teachers’ instructional practices;
- Teachers are convinced that the presence and use of the equipment has positively changed the rate and quality of student learning;
- Initial hands-on training about how to use the equipment and on-going site-embedded professional development are important in the successful implementation of the project.
