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Technology and Literacy... Please help an aspiring teacher

by W.Potts

Oct 5, 2009

Good Afternoon Educators, Looking to gather some information concerning technology, its use in the classroom, and how you feel it postively or negatively effects literacy development... I have to do a "action research project", and the topic I chose was technologies effect on literacy development. I have just a couple questions and if you could answer them it would be a HUGE help...

1)Do you use technology in your classroom? ie smartboards, powerpoint,ordifferent educational software...

2)How do your students respond to your use of technology?

3)Have you noticed a difference in your students abilities to process and retain information because of your use of technology?

4)Do your students who normally struggle in areas of reading and comprehension have higher levels of achievement when content is delivered traditionally or when delivered technologically? For example if comparing a lecture without powerpoint to one using it, do you feel you capture...See MoreGood Afternoon Educators, Looking to gather some information concerning technology, its use in the classroom, and how you feel it postively or negatively effects literacy development... I have to do a "action research project", and the topic I chose was technologies effect on literacy development. I have just a couple questions and if you could answer them it would be a HUGE help...

1)Do you use technology in your classroom? ie smartboards, powerpoint,ordifferent educational software...

2)How do your students respond to your use of technology?

3)Have you noticed a difference in your students abilities to process and retain information because of your use of technology?

4)Do your students who normally struggle in areas of reading and comprehension have higher levels of achievement when content is delivered traditionally or when delivered technologically? For example if comparing a lecture without powerpoint to one using it, do you feel you capture student attention more positvely... do students who use a computer to do research for a project produce better work compared to students who use books?

5)Do you believe technology should be used in the classroom? Can an educator be as effective without using technology to deliver content? Can you achieve your lesson plan goals without it?

6)Do you feel programs like microsoft word have a postive effect or negative effect on student vocabulary or grammar skills? Do you feel this can act as a crutch or actually exposes them to vocabulary and writing methods that they can use?

7)Does your school/district invest money into technology? Does it actually have a plan concerning its use?

8)Does your use of technology help students grasp the curriculum? How do you know this?

9)Does your school/district provide training on how to use these tools or are you left to figure it out on your own? Are you interested in recieving technology use training?

10)What is one way you used technology in your classroom and did you use it with the intention to improve/support student literacy development?

Thank you so much for considering the answering of these questions... I know you all have so much on your plates... I wish you all the best...

William Pottenburgh

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Ron On 10/05/09, W.Potts wrote: I have just a couple questions and if you could answer them it would be a HUGE help...

6)Do you feel programs like microsoft word have a postive effect or negative effect on student vocabulary or grammar skills? **************

Dang, more than a couple of questions and that is too much work. Is this a r...See More

Oct 20, 2009

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CTJS A couple of questions = two A few questions would be three to five Ten questions is several or many.

Honestly, this is a great opportunity for you to network. Talk to a teacher face-to-face. Someday soon you will be looking for a job and this "networking" will help you.

Oct 23, 2009

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MS On 10/20/09, Ron wrote:

> Microsoft? The company has a very negative impact on > consumers, capitalism, fair trade, etc. I couldn't resist, and > to be honest I avoid MS with a passion though I did buy Win7 > Pro an hour ago for $29. Got to keep up and "know thy enemy."

Ron, Where did you get Win7 Pro for $29? I'll gl...See More

Oct 25, 2009

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Ron If you are a college student, then Digital River has it for sale. I just built my Win7 64-bit box...pretty nice. Added 2 Gb of DDR3 RAM for a total of 6 Gb now, added 2 more hard drives, and should be go to go for 2 more years. I have a Windows Experience of 6.4 on a 2 year old machine. The money I save I will use to buy another Mac.

Nov 12, 2009

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