The Tiers of Technology Use in Classrooms

Classroom Tiers Model	What is the Classroom Tiers Model? This model was developed by the Educational Technology Support Center Directors in Washington State. It has been approved by OSPI and already is included in the Technology Planning support documents. The intended outcomes of this model include: To answer the "What should we do with technology in classrooms?" question To provide educators research/effective practice-based answers to technology integration questions To be applicable to all teachers To provide a common terminology for technology planning To fit on one page To focus on teaching and learning rather than products Print Version in PDF format
Presentation	PDF version of the PowerPoint used at the 2005 OSPI Summer Conference
Presentation	PDF version of the PowerPoint with notes used at the 2005 OSPI Summer Conference
Presentation	PDF version of the PowerPoint used at the NCCE 2005 Conference
Handout	PDF version of the Handout used at the 2006 OSPI January Conference
Presentation	PDF version of the PowerPoint used at the 2006 OSPI January Conference
Presentation	PDF version of the PowerPoint used at the 2006 NCCE Conference
Popular Research Resources	Metiri Technology Solutions that Work http://www.metiri.com/techsolutions ISTE Center for Applied Research in Educational Technology http://caret.iste.org/ Start with the "Browse Questions and Answers" section U.S. Department of Education What Works Clearinghouse http://www.w-w-c.org/
Research Summaries	ETSC Research Summary Technology and Academic Achievement: What the Research Shows (Developed by the Teaching and Technology Coaching Initiative) Metiri Research and Technology Solutions that Work
Other Research Resources	Links developed by the Educational Technology Support Center Program and OSPI on technology use.
Research Used Poorly	Baltimore Sun Article
The Tears of Technology Song!	During the development of the "Tiers Model" we started talking about how we were going to diseminate the information. The idea of a song came out of that brainstorming session and Conn McQuinn and Forrest Fisher combined their talents to create "The Tears of Technology". It actually has nothing to do with the "Tiers" model but it's provided here just for fun! The "World Premier" performance was at NCCE 2006 in Portland. Access the song and click the "Play" button to hear it. You will probably have to install the "Scorch" plugin first in order to play or print the song. Feel free to sing along! As this kind of song just has to be performed in the "Country and Western" style please add a significant amount of "twang" and/or "Willieisms". Enjoy!