Collaborate with Other Teachers

In a recent national study of technology and education reform, researchers observed that the most ambitious and successful technology-supported projects typically were planned and executed by teams of teachers rather than one teacher working alone (Means & Olson, 1995). All the well-known advantages of teamwork--such as multiple sources of inspiration, expertise, and energy--are advantageous to creating challenging, authentic learning in a student-centered classroom. When teachers work together, they seem to plan more far-reaching and ambitious activities than when they work in isolation.

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