Teachers who use technology frequently in their classrooms perceive greater benefits to student learning–particularly learning 21st-century skills–than teachers who are less frequent users. That’s one of the major findings from a K-12 technology study released today by researchers at Walden University of Minnesota. The report, titled “Educators, Technology and 21st Century Skills: Dispelling Five Myths,” was based on a survey of more than 1,000 K-12 educators and school administrators in the U.S. It was designed to gauge the use of technology in the classroom and perceptions of technology in education. What the report found was a great disparity between teachers in terms of their uses of technology, although, contrary to expectations, the frequency of technology use wasn’t predicted by teacher experience. New and experienced teachers were about as likely to be “frequent” users of technology in the classroom as they were to be “moderate,” “sporadic,” or “infrequent” users. Researchers released the report at the International Society for Technology in Education convention happening this week in Denver, Colorado.
Source: THE Journal
