Skill Stage Description Professional Dev. Needed Entry Teachers struggle to cope with technology and new learning environment , or have no experience at all. Adoption Teacher moves from initial struggle to successful use of technology at a basic level. Thirty hours of training. Adaptation Teacher moves from basic use to discovery of potential in a variety of applications.
Teacher has good operational knowledge of hardware and can perform basic troubleshooting.
45 hours training or more. 3 months experience. Just in time support. Appropriation Teacher has mastery over the technology and can use it to accomplish a variety of instructional and classroom management goals. Teacher has strong knowledge of hardware, local area networks, and wide -area networks.