change in technology
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Change in TechnologyA look at how technology use has changed…
A cooperative effort by
Jessica Hutchison
Meredith Jones
Bryan McDonald
Rationale
• As we look ahead into the 21st Century, leaders will be those who empower others (Bill Gates).
• 20th Century Student Technology Use vs. 21st Century Technology Use
The 21st
centuryis here.
(Isn’t it time we started preparing students for it?)
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Method• Google Docs (Forms)
• 105 Teacher Surveys Completed
• 558 Student Surveys Completed
• Majority of Surveys from Cabot and Pangburn School Districts
• Others as far away as Florida, Iowa, Illinois, New Hampshire, Kentucky, Georgia, and even British Columbia and Australia!
Bias & Error
• Majority of participants were from the same geographic region (Central Arkansas)
• Misunderstood questions• Teachers were asked to think back to when they
were in school
Teacher Questions
1. In what school district do you teach?
2. What grade level(s) do you currently teach?
3. How many years do you have in education?
4. How would you describe your technological ability?
5. When do you first remember seeing computers in the classroom?
6. Were you required to take any technology classes when you were in school? If so please list them.
Teacher Questions (cont.)
7. Which technology devices did you use on a daily basis?
8. What did you use to listen to music?
9. Which technology devices did you use on a daily basis?
10.What did you use to listen to music?
11.Did you own a cell phone at any time when you were in school?
Teacher Questions (cont.)
12.How often did you use the internet when you were in school?
13.What did you use most often to do research or find out information?
14.When you were in school, did your teachers use__________in class?
15.When creating projects or presentations as a student, what did you use?
Teacher Questions (cont.)
16.When you were a student, did you use any of the following to record your thoughts?
17.Did you have any accounts to social networking accounts when you were a student?
Teacher Results of NoteGrade Levels Taught
23
20
23 2422
13
8
2931
37
18 17 17
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
K 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th
Years of Service in Education
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
0 through 5 6 through 10 11 through 15 16 through 20 21 through 25 26 through 30 30+
Years
Fre
qu
ency
All grade levels are evenly distributed with a few exceptions.
Most of the teachers surveyed have taught between 0 and 15 years.
Technology Usage
41
31
9
56
9
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Computer Ipod/Mp3 Player Cell Phone None Other
Music Devices
13
39 38
90
57 55
18
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
IPod CD Player Walkman Radio Boom Box None Other
Internet Usage
11%
5%
7%
4%
2%
71%
Daily
A few times per week
Once per month
A few times per month
Once per month
Never
Projects Mediums
1317
2
86
19
97
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
PowerPoint Word Excel Posters Computers By hand
Social Networking
41 0
95
6
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Facebook My Space Twitter None Other
Given the realities of our modern age and the demands of our children's
future, is it really okay to allow teachers to choose whether or not
they incorporate digital technologies into their instruction?
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Student Questions
1. What school do you attend?
2. What grade are you in?
3. How would you describe your technological ability?
4. In what grade do you first remember using computers in the classroom?
5. Please list the technology classes you have taken or are required to take.
Student Questions (cont.)
6. Which pieces of technology do you use on a daily basis?
7. What do you use to listen to music?
8. Do you own a cell phone?
9. How often do you use the internet?
10.What do you use most often to do research or find out information?
11.Do your teachers use___________in class?
Student Questions (cont.)
12.When doing a project what do you use?
13.Do you use any of the following to record your thoughts?
14.Do you have an account on any of the following Social Networking sites?
Student Results of Note
Current Grade Level
1 4 0
8572
1 4
130
209
4 6
32
20
50
100
150
200
250
K 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th
Technology Usage
448
389356
15
117
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
500
Computer Ipod/Mp3 Player Cell Phone None Other
Music Devices
391
204
37
350
76
8
128
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
IPod CD Player Walkman Radio Boom Box None Other
Project Mediums
379
307
65
303
150
360
308
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
PowerPoint Word Excel Posters Charts Computers By hand
Social Networking
192
259
21
222
86
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
Facebook Myspace Twitter None Other
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Technology will never replace teachers.
However, teachers who know how to use technology effectively to help their students connect and collaborate together online will replace those who do not.
Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach
When do you first remember computers in the classroom?
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Teachers
Students
Schools are trying to
figure out how they can get computers into the hands
of students.
Yet they ban the computers
that their students
bring with them every
day.
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What are we going to ask on our tests, when our students are
walking in with Google in their pocket? Are they going to be
better questions than we ask today? David Warlick
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The people in charge of leading school organizations into the 21st century …
often are theleast knowledgeable
about the 21st century.
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These are just technologies. Using them does not make you modern, smart, moral, wise, fair or decent. It just makes you able to communicate, compete and collaborate farther and faster.
-Thomas Friedman
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Our kids have tasted the honey.
Credits
• We used Google Documents to aggregate our data
• Some slides were created by Dr. Scott McLeod under the Creative Commons Licence described below
• Did you know? Was created by Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod
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