Monday, February 22, 2010
Post on Teacher Beliefs article
This was a very interesting article. I agree with the point the author makes about how teachers may be unwilling to change their technology use because that would require a change to their fundamental approach to the classroom, and this change in attitudes may be irreversible. This would be especially strong for more veteran teachers whose beliefs are far more entrenched. I also think that a lack of professional development is a significant contributor to teachers not moving from low-level technology tasks (word processing, email) to higher-level ones. I also think that if this study was done several years after the initial adoption of technology, you would see more teachers adopting high-level tasks because those teachers will have had more time to become comfortable with the technology and will have had more time to "play around" with it and discover ways to use it.
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This is one of the more easier articles for me to read, because I found it interesting. I can relate this article to teachers that I work with. I think he use of technology in the classroom does reflect on your teaching methods and what approaches teachers think are more beneficial to the students. A lot of teachers with more experience are set in there ways, and use more traditional methods. I think they do this because they simply aren't aware of how to use the technology and what you can all do with it. A lot of the more experienced teachers just aren't as experienced with technology in general. Meaning out side of the classroom. I'm fortunate to work with young teachers who are good with technology. I think that they are use to using technology more in their everyday life, and it was reinforced while they were coming through school. Most of these teachers are more open to experimenting with technology and being open to the change. while some older teachers are intimidated by how fast technology changes. It's hard very everyone to stay up to speed with technology, especially them.
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