"Simple ________ in current practices my save our schools."
changes
100
"An effective education system is one that is adaptable to _____ ."
change
100
"If you give magic BBs to _________ who want to hone their craft, great things can happen"
teachers
200
"Today’s ________ are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach."
__________
200
"History provides a chain of examples of nations that assumed an elite status as a world power only to be _____ by the next up-and-comer."
replaced
200
"When using a ______ ________ there has to be a clear focus on content, not just using bells and whistles. Otherwise the technology proves merely distracting. "
interactive whiteboard
300
"Our students today are all _________ of the digital language of computers, video games and the Internet."
“native speakers”
300
"The gap between ________ and education continues to
widen in America because, as a
nation of educators, we are not adapting to changes in society."
technology
300
"To get the most out of the interactive whiteboard, a school district can't just give it to a teacher, and can't just give it to any teacher. The district has to _____ that teacher."
train
400
"Digital Immigrant instructors, who speak an outdated
language (that of the pre-digital age), are ______ to teach a population that speaks an entirely new language."
struggling
400
"The students in schools today are a good source of
hope and our nation’s most valuable resource. We must ______ them to weather the storm."
empower
400
"The sweet spot, the perfect storm of student achievement, was when a teacher was trained to use the technology, had used it for ____ years, and did so 75 percent of the time. That profile shows a whopping 29 percentile gain in scores."
two
500
So if Digital Immigrant educators really want to reach Digital Natives – i.e. all their _______ – they will have to change.
students
500
Schools need to be __________ if they are serious about getting all students to the high standards necessary for them to compete and excel in the global society.
restructured
500
"_______________ are the future of educational strategies, and without proper adoption of these and other technology tools, teachers are doomed to become dinosaurs in their practices."