Question: How well are teachers integrating technology into the classroom?
Answer: A national
survey. Introducing a new abbreviation to the jargon of edu-speak: ICTs or
“information communication technologies. “Results reveal relatively low levels
of curricular integration, consistent perceptions about obstacles to
integration and technological rather than curricular definitions of ICTs and of
integration.” P. 312. [Comment: I take it that the latter means a focus on
technology rather than integration of the technologies in the classroom.
RayS.]
Note: “The
International Reading Association (IRA) has adopted a position statement on the
matter that takes the following stance: To become fully literate in today’s
world students must become proficient in the new literacies of 21st
century technologies. As a result, literacy educators have a responsibility to
effectively integrate these new technologies into the curriculum, preparing
students for the literacy future they deserve (IFA, 2009, n.p.).”
Comment: This study suggests that there is relatively
little integration of technologies into the curriculum. RayS.
Title: “Teachers’
Perceptions of Integrating Information and Communication Technologies [ICTs],
into Literacy Instruction: A National Survey in the United States;.” A
Hutchison and D Reinking. Reading
Research Quarterly (October/November/December
2011), 312-33.
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