This article was used to see how beliefs influence a teacher's use of technology in the classroom. It stated that a teacher's beliefs usually related to the way their class was structured and taught. Being a Business Ed. teacher, I do believe technology is the basis of most all my classes. If it is not a technology based class, we still usually have some technologies and use those to teach because it is what we are comfortable with. However, the article did mention that the No Child Left Behind Act stated, "Technology is now considered by most educators and parents to be an integral part of providing a high-quality education." I don't necessarily agree that using technology in the classroom provides "high-quality" education. I think the teachers and the mastery of their subject knowledge and they way they convey and teach it to their students makes "high-quality" education. Yes, technology gives an edge and a new way to teach things, but like I said in class before, a teacher has to teach their standards regardless...with or without technology. I know there are technology standards to integrate now, but you don't have to use it everyday to be a successful teacher.
I also thought is was interesting that this article said 85% of teachers felt they were somewhat well prepared to use technology. In many other articles we have read, it seemed to me that teachers were somewhat scared of the technology and in some cases didn't know how to use it in their classrooms. This is a more recent article, so maybe this 85% were students like us who are coming out of college with some technology training.