Institute Four: Integrated Technology

Technology is most effective when integrated into the learning outcomes and activities we plan for our students, not viewed as an ‘add-on’. This Institute provides a range of practical opportunities to learn with, and about, integrated technology, centred around three main learning purposes: locating information, acquiring skills, and demonstrating understanding. Participants will develop a unit plan that appropriately integrates technology and is based on curricular learning goals.

Leader: Jay Atwood

Jay Atwood worked in international schools in both Taiwan and Egypt before venturing out as an education consultant, specializing in educational technology and IB psychology. Based in Sydney, he is the Director of Technology for Jetlag Learning, the company responsible for creating and developing simCEO (www.simceo.org) – a new online stock market and entrepreneurial simulation for students.  Much of Jay's consulting work focuses on teacher training—specializing in effective technology integration strategies in the classroom and teacher training workshops for IB psychology teachers around the world. He has also been working as an adjunct professor for the SUNY-Buffalo graduate program teaching technology integration courses for international teachers. Jay is heavily involved with the IB psychology program as a senior examiner, curriculum writer, exam writer, teacher trainer, examiner trainer and author. He is also involved in the development of online teacher and examiner training programs as part of a new IB initiative.

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