According to a recent survey, conducted by Quality Education Data (QED) and commissioned by CDW-G,
Roughly 86 percent of U.S. teachers say computer technology has changed the way they teach at least some, and more than half (55 percent) say it has impacted their instruction “a great deal,” according to a new survey commissioned by CDW-G.
eSchool News online – Teachers’ tech use on the rise
Having respondents identify their level of technology skill by choosing between advanced, intermediate, or a beginner, is problematic. But I believe that it is telling that only 3% considered themselves beginners. It shows an increasing degree of confidence among educators.
Yet, it’s not all good news. Thirty-one percent of the surveyed teachers said that they had received no technology staff development in the last 12 months. Access continues to be an issue, and the survey indicates that teachers want more access. Fifty-one percent of the teachers believed that a one-to-one ratio of students to computers is ideal. Ten percent said that have such a ratio. Last year it was only eight percent.
Down since 2004, 81% of teachers said that academic performance improved with the use of computers, and more than half said technology helped students to think creatively. Still…
only 58 percent think computers are somewhat or very effective when used to improve performance on standardized tests.
Read Teachers’ Tech Use on the Rise, when you have a chance.
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“According to a recent survey, conducted by Quality Education Data (QED) and commissioned by CDW-G”…
You lost me in the first sentence.
“Leading seller of technology to K12 school districts contracts with research company that gathers and sells data about education to make a case for ordering more equipment to sponsor further research each year to get people to want more equipment.”
Of course, this all puts food on my table and yours in the end. 🙂
I’m not knocking the push towards 1 to 1 as much anymore…and I kinda like Oleg my new CDW-G rep…the guy knows more about what I do than my mother will ever understand…but I draw the line at studies packed with that much bias.
Your points are great…and there’s stuff to think about…just carefully.
We get our data where we can. It’s why I included, in the first sentence, who commissioned the study. I was ignoring the study altogether until I saw that QED had done it, and I’ve seen them in other reports.
Now the question is how many teachers say technology has affected the way they LEARN? I would guess very few.