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Levels of Teacher Expertise
Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow (ACOT)

1. Entry
Educators struggle to learn the basics of using technology;


2. Adoption
Educators move from the initial struggles to successful use of
technology on a basic level


3. Adaptation
Educators move from basic use of technology to discovery
of its potential for increased productivity


4. Appropriation
Having achieved mastery over the technology, educators use it
"effortlessly" as a tool to accomplish a variety of instructional and
management goals; and


5. Invention
Educators are prepared to develop entirely new learning environments
that utilize technology as a flexible teaching and learning tool. They begin to "think
with technology," designing new ways to solve learning problems that
their students may have faced in the past.

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