This article is about a study that was conducted. This study is examining the roles which exist between pre-service elementary teachers and the technology tools they use in their Math lessons. The roles are on a scale, “not used” meaning poor success of the students to “master” meaning great success of the students. Participants had to teach three lessons; one of the lessons had to include technology. The study concluded that access to technology, cooperating teachers, and prior experience with technology had no significant influence on the roles. The results of the study suggest that curriculum goals do have an influence on these roles either. Specifically, pre-service teachers who tended to choose the objective first and used technology to enhance their lesson objectives were the most successful and had the highest roles called “Master.” The participants later reflected and wrote about the future potential for technology in education, they all favored the change. The participants also realized the most important part was the content of the lesson not the special effects of the technology.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
U.S. Ed-tech plan urges rethinking in K-12 schools
This article is about the Obama administration in the United States trying to change educators and policymakers minds about the use of technology in education. Obama wants to put a computer in every student’s hand. The main goal of the president is Obama to raise national college-completion rates from 40 percent to 60 percent by 2020. This is the first national education plan ever issued so it states that schools need to employ in the areas of classroom learning, assessment, teaching, infrastructure, and productivity to help meet that goal. The name of the plan is “Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology.” This plan took a long time to write and was created by educators, researchers, policymakers, and the public. It mainly discusses the positive benefits for students if they had customized lessons and one to one computing time to learn. Obama says that “technology is the engine that drives innovation.” This article says that students are not currently utilizing technology properly in order to prepare them for the future, so this must change. The plan is to create more-personalized learning experiences for students through changes in curriculum, assessment, and teacher education with technology. It recommends improvements and expanded use of multimedia curricula, creative assessments, progress reports, and teacher training in how to use technology customize learning.
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