UsingStudents-for-PD

Chapter 5

Technology Apprentices, SWAT Teams, and Using Students for Professional Development
at-a-glance

__Model__: In-house leadership

__PD Activities__: Students as technology mentors for teachers and peers

__Technologies__: Laptop initiative for curriculum integration

__Framework__: Appreciative inquiry

__Assessment Tools__: Student and teacher focus groups

__Selected Lessons Learned__: Stages of implementation leads to paradigm shift of teacher-student roles

__Helpful links__:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appreciative_Inquiry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradigm_shift

Students-as-Teachers: http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/voice/voice110.shtml (scroll halfway down page) 2 minute video on students-as-teachers: http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=bef6464cf93d64395e8b