Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow Library
Here you will find a rich archive of documentation and reports on the successes of ACOT.
ACOT Overview. What’s ACOT? — Learn all about it.
ACOT’s 10 Year Report. ACOT’s history and lessons are summarized in this report, Changing the Conversation About Teaching, Learning & Technology: a report on 10 years of ACOT research (Apple, 1995).
1994 ACOT Research Portfolio Brochure
The following five reports (17-21) are bundled together as the 1994 ACOT Research Portfolio Brochure.
- Creating an Alternative Context for Teacher Development (Report #17, 1994)The Evolution of a professional development project in which teachers learn not only about using technology in the classroom, but also about changing their instructional role — from dispenser of knowledge to facilitator in the construction of knowledge.
- ACOT Teacher Development Centers
(Report #18, 1994)An innovative staff development project that assists teachers as they learn to integrate technology and move toward a more constructivist approach to teaching. - Learning Environments (Report #19, 1994)The physical impact of adding technology to traditional classrooms, the consequent effect on teaching and learning, and teachers’ recommendations for improving classroom design.
- Media Fusion (Report #20, 1994)The teaching/learning observed when students use prototype tools provides for further development of the tools.
- Student Engagement (Report #21, 1994)How technology-rich learning environments facilitate student engagement, the potential challenges for teachers, and the implications all of this has for technology integration.
- Integrating Technology into Classroom Instruction (Report #22, 1996)This report presents research findings from Year Two of the ACOT Teacher Development Center’s project, a model of teacher development that goes beyond the traditional teacher in-service experience. Participating teachers learn by observing and working extensively with accomplished ACOT teachers and students during actual school days.
1992 ACOT Research Portfolio Brochure
The following five reports (12-16) are bundled together as the 1992 ACOT Research Portfolio Brochure.
- Partnerships for Change (Report #12, 1992)Discusses the evolution of ACOT and suggests findings that might influence the success of other education-business partnerships.
- Innovation and Interaction (Report #13, 1992)How technology-rich environments such as Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow influence and encourage collegial interaction among teachers.
- Group Authorship (Report #14, 1992)Discusses the negotiations among second graders for group authorship when using multimedia-composing software.
- Trading Places (Report #15, 1992)How the introduction of technology served as a catalyst for instructional change and led to major role shifts for both teachers and students.
- Computer Acquisition (Report #16, 1992)How students use the computer to expand their ways of knowing, sharing, and collaborating.
1990 ACOT Research Portfolio Brochure
The following five reports (7-11) are bundled together as the 1990 ACOT Research Portfolio Brochure.
- Assessment (Report #7, 1990). Discusses the findings from the first and second year of ACOT.
- Teacher Beliefs and Practices, Part 1 of 2
(Report #8, 1990). Discusses the findings from the first through fourth year at ACOT sites with classrooms of students with high access to technology. - Teacher Beliefs and Practices, Part 2 of 2
(Report #9, 1990). Continues a discussion of the findings from the first through fourth year at ACOT sites with classrooms of students with high access to technology. - Classroom Management (Report #10, 1990)Discusses the findings from the first through fourth year at ACOT sites of managing students in classrooms with high access to technology.
- High School Mathematics (Report #11, 1990)Discusses the development at ACOT sites of teachers’ knowledge and implementation of a problem-based mathematics curriculum using multirepresentational software.
