While inquiring about what I
wanted to research for my final project, I thought about what intrigued me the
most while being enrolled in this course. The one topic that I enjoyed learning
about was the idea of technology refusal. While reading my classmate’s journal
posts about this topic, I learned that this was a controversial issue, with my
fellow students having a variety of opinions about if technology was either
being overused, or if educators didn’t have the qualifications to properly
incorporate it into the classroom setting.
For my final project, I would
like to research the effects of technology in our classrooms and the effect it
has on our students learning as well as their daily lives. Does technology ever have a negative effect on
our students? Does the abundance of technology in our schools effect how our
students communicate or how they develop socially? Or, is technology always a
benefit to our students and to our growing new age society if it is incorporated
and used correctly? I am curious to research this topic and see statistics and
evidence that will create a project that will formally analyze this issue.
As an educator, and by
completing this project, I hope to develop in-depth knowledge of this topic as
well as gather reliable information that can assist me in developing my
classrooms in the future. By researching how technology effects our students,
both mentally and socially, I will be able to be aware of future classroom settings
and the incorporation of technology in order to benefit my students in a
positive way.
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Bibliography
Costley K. (2014). The Positive Effects of Technology on
Teaching and Student Learning. Online
Submission [serial online]. Available from: ERIC,
Ipswich, MA. Accessed November 3, 2015.
The author creates evidence of how technology benefits and has positive effects on our
students in the classroom. He presents different classroom situations in which technology contributes to the overall learning environment and how integrating technology creates positive results in our student’s behavior and in their willingness to learn. This is a helpful source in providing information on the positive effects of incorporating technology into classrooms.
Rabah, J. (2015). Benefits and Challenges of Information
and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Integration in Québec English Schools. Turkish Online
Journal Of Educational Technology - TOJET,
14(2), 24-31.
The author presents not only the benefits of incorporating technology into schools, but also the challenges that have been found to occur that may hinder the student’s abilities to properly understand and use the technology to their advantages. The author’s research includes challenges found by teachers and their desire for more training and support for incorporating these technologies into their classrooms. This source is beneficial to the research of the negative effects of technology in our schools.
The author presents not only the benefits of incorporating technology into schools, but also the challenges that have been found to occur that may hinder the student’s abilities to properly understand and use the technology to their advantages. The author’s research includes challenges found by teachers and their desire for more training and support for incorporating these technologies into their classrooms. This source is beneficial to the research of the negative effects of technology in our schools.
Turel, V. (2014). Teachers' Computer Self-Efficacy and
Their Use of Educational Technology. Turkish Online Journal Of Distance Education, 15(4),
130-149.
This study examines teacher’s computer self-efficacy perceptions, their technology preferences in their classrooms as well as their frequency of computer use. It lists different studies on how proficient teachers feel about using a variety of technologies, such as Word Processor, the internet and their proficiency in using technology to create classroom lesson plans. This is a good source for finding statistics on how confident teachers feel in their technology use.
Kuyatt, A., Holland, G., & Jones, D. (2015). An Analysis
of Teacher Effectiveness Related to Technology Implementation in Texas
Secondary Schools. Contemporary Issues In Education Research, 8(1),
63-70.
The authors present an investigation of how teachers use technology that is given to them and how these technologies determine the effectiveness of the lessons. This source shows statistics of test scores when teachers implement technologies as well as when they do not. It also shows how the implementation of technology in the classroom may change student involvement and engagement. This source will give insight to different classroom scenarios in terms of the use of technology and how it effects students test scores as well as their engagement in the classroom.
The authors present an investigation of how teachers use technology that is given to them and how these technologies determine the effectiveness of the lessons. This source shows statistics of test scores when teachers implement technologies as well as when they do not. It also shows how the implementation of technology in the classroom may change student involvement and engagement. This source will give insight to different classroom scenarios in terms of the use of technology and how it effects students test scores as well as their engagement in the classroom.
DeWeese, K. L. (2014, May 1). Screen Time, How Much Is Too
Much? The Social and Emotional Costs of Technology on the Adolescent Brain. Online
Submission
The author researches how technology effects students, not only in the classroom, but in their day to day lives. It discusses how different types of media has effects on students, emotionally and socially. This source is beneficial because it discusses in depth if technology is becoming too much in our society and in our young student’s lives.
Laura,
ReplyDeleteThis is a great topic! I, too, have my moments of wondering about both the positive and the negative effects of technology in classrooms. I was also surprised at the controversy over technology use in learning during our own discussions and would be keen to hear more about how to strike that balance of using the right amount of technology to help students' learning. While I understand the opinion of those who prefer to keep things the traditional way and refuse technology, I realize that is not reality of our students and what we do as teachers is to prepare them best for what life will hold for them. I believe it comes down to how effectively technology is incorporated into teaching and used as a right tool rather than gauging whether technology is part of the classroom learning.
Laura,
ReplyDeleteThis was definitely one of the more interesting topics because one can debate either side. A part of me likes keeping some of the traditional concepts of learning as opposed to everything being electronic. However, balance is always key. I like the idea of obtaining statistics and actual case studies on this topic to see if other people also experienced "technology refusal" at their schools and what they did to combat it.
-Joysi