Some time is allotted and numerous opportunities are available during TTL for acquiring and honing technology operation skills and knowledge. However, those who are open to exploring new pedagogical opportunities gain a great deal more from the TTL experience. If your only motivation for attending TTL is to learn how to operate technology, you may wish to seek elsewhere. Yes, it maybe. The major emphasis of TTL is on integration of technology into teaching and learning and on creation of new teaching and learning environments that are possible through the use of technology.
Some time is allotted for instruction geared toward building technology, operating skills.
The TTL participant should make that decision. However, school district officials may exercise prudent oversight and coordination of these purchases to ensure that funds are used in the most appropriate manner. This is to insure that TTL participants have this basic technology tool available to them, to fully implement the unit of study that they design during the Academy. It would, therefore, be inappropriate to require that the support allocation be used to purchase a classroom computer. All items purchased with the support allocation become the property of the school district.