Technology in the Classroom

Paper Summary:

The paper researches the many factors that affect the adoption of technology into the instructional practice of faculty members. The paper relates that each of these different factors must be given due consideration by administrators. The paper relates further that adoption of technology must necessarily take place across the scope of faculty duties, including instructional use of technology. The paper discusses the work of Mary Douglas and is of the opinion that the administration should carefully analyze the types of groups and groupings that exist within the educational institution in order to implement technology in classroom instruction. The paper makes use of several graphs, tables, and figures.

Outline:
The Principal Proposition
The Interactive Proposition
The Speculative Proposition
Summary and Conclusion

From the Paper:

"In 1989, 38 CEOs came together and founded the 'Cable Alliance for Education', which as a non-profit foundation created to provide support to excellence in education. This consortium was an alliance among cable operators and networks that had as their aim "serving teachers and students...across the country, and based on the premise that powerful technology and rich content can make learning happen." (Marshall, 2002) The educational philosophy that served as a guide was that each student and teacher has a right to five elements that are essential to a good education in the 21st century."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Empowering 21st Century Teaching and Learning (2006) Programs of the Intel Education Initiative. Intel Corporation 2006. Online available at: http://download.intel.com/pressroom/kits/education/initiative/OverviewBrochure.pdf
• Hamza, Mohhamad Khalid; and Alhalabi, Bassem (nd) Technology and Education : Between Chaos and Order. First Monday: Peer-Reviewed Journal Online. Available at: http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue4_3/hamza/index.html
• Profiles of the Regional Educational Laboratories (2007) NCREL at AEL Inc. Online available at: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/labs_profiles/ael.html
• Marshall, James M. (2002) Learning with Technology: Evidence that Technology Can, and Does, Support Learning. San Diego State University California. Online available at: http://www.medialit.org/reading_room/pdf/545_CICReportLearningwithTechnology.pdf.
• Basson, EM (1999) Slow Adoption of Technology Online available at: http://hagar.up.ac.za/catts/learner/bettieb/rbo/sat.doc..

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