Some schools have an issue that is lack of access for technology meaning the teacher has no choice to stick to the old days when we had no technology. Some k-12 schools have technology less available than others and gets replaced or updated less often. In the other hand there are some schools that are raising their ratios of computers meaning there is a computer for every three children. Those schools that have all this technology even have computers in all classrooms, dvd players, boards that are interactive with students this is because they have fund and budgets to force it to happen. The schools that are not so lucky have to suffer with teacher teaching in not a fun way for students to learn. This affects students because with lack of technology that teacher cant divide the class for smaller groups in different areas.
Obstacles are always a major reason why teachers have a barrier in the way that they are not going to be able to use technology in a classroom. One of these examples which is seen mostly in middle school and high school when the students switch classes throughout the day is teaching schedules. The teachers that have a schedule that are with a class from 90 to 120 minutes are more likely to use it. The ones that have the class for an hour are mostly likely not to especially if they don't have computers in there class. This is because the teacher has to take the class to a library and by the time they get there and leave its barely no time. Having technology does make it easier to have it in the classrooms.
Lastly, some different issues that cause a barrier are requirements, attitude and skills. A requirement that creates a barrier is state and educational exams. Teachers feel like they don't have time integrate technology in their time. Also, skills is very important it is obvious that a teacher with less skills in the 21 century is going to provide it less for there students. This is because they don't know how to share it and interact with it. The teacher attitude weather to use it or not is a personal choice that gets transfer to the classroom. When the teachers has a positive attitude towards it there students will learn and use it. When the teacher is oppose to it then the classroom suffers without it.
Barriers in a classroom are having with the use technology everyday. Whether it is by not having technology in the classroom, obstacles in the way or some personal issues. The classroom does get effected.
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It is interesting that you focus on all of the barriers to technology in the classroom. There are certainly many obstacles, but I am hopeful that the positives will overcome...or at least begin to come more to the forefront. I wonder if you think most teachers are impacted by these barriers and if so, how/if they would overcome them. Please be sure that you write in a reflective manner, i.e., not so much retelling what you read in summary form, but how the readings might impact your current/future classroom use or how you have seen it used in the past, whether you like it or not and why, etc.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos and attributed well! :) I would incorporate them within your text to make the reading more interesting and not have them as a separate at the end. Also, you want to label your Resources as such at the end and use APA format for future posts.