Technology In SchoolsHow technology has changed the way students learnand interact.

Productivity and Learning

Students learn keyboard hand placement and typing skills in a computer lab at Brownell-Talbot elementary school.

Productivity and Learning

• Reading comprehension

• Test Scores

• Motivation

The addition of computer aided learning provides an environment where more time can be spent learning, and less time spent searching for a definition or answer to a question a student has.

Areas of Improvement include:

This increase in productivity promotes more engaged discussions on the material between students.

This graph from Brockton High School shows the increase in proficiency over the course of 5 years, which correlates with the increase in technology integration over the same period.

Productivity and Learning

Cyber Bullying

This image is an example of text message based cyber bullying.

Cyber Bullying

• Anonymous• Wide audience• Potential to go viral• Extreme cases can lead to suicide attempts• Cyberbullying events increase as students age• Schools currently have limited or no control over what

students do online

Unbalance In Social Class

The standard pyramid for social class.

Social class affects:

• Parent’s ideologies for their children’s learning

• Student behavior in class

• Ability to acquire technology to aid student learning

Unbalance In Social Class

Families on low income are eligible for renting the devices from the school, but families who are above that line must provide the devices on their own, which causes stress between the parentsand the school.

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