Spring+2010+-+Reading+Reflection+2

// By: Al Byers, Todd Ogle, Virginia Tech  // This paper is born out of our societal shift from one based on industrialization to one based on information. The authors feel that education should reflect the needs of employers. They feel that individuals should be able to effectively communicate, solve problems, employ mathematics-skills and use technology effectively in all facets of life. They believe that teachers must receive the training necessary to properly integrate technology into the curriculum. Essentially the paper looks at variables as to who and why different teachers use technology in their classrooms. The biggest factor in determining whether teachers would use technology in the classroom was the perceptions of teachers’ value of the use of technology. This is a fairly large study that was conducted to see what factors determined the use of technology in the classroom. In all honesty it had very little impact on my teaching this term. In fact I would say that it had absolutely no impact on my teaching. The article is completely theoretical. Its purpose was to find how to best support the integration of technology into the classroom but really did not come to any real conclusions. In fact the last line of the article states: “It would also seem essential that more detailed questions probing teachers’ perceptions of specific types of administrative and technology support should be explored.”
 * Evaluating teachers’ perceptions **
 * of technology use in the K-8 classroom **