Technology in the Classroom: Statistics

Technology is all around us, and students of the 21st century can really relate to the use of it in their classroom. Ron Houtman wrote an article entitled; Technology in the classroom – thoughts on the 2011 CDW-G Classroom Report. In this article he has some astonishing statistics. Houtman states, "94% of students believe that mastering and learning technology will help their educational and career opportunities, however, 39% of students indicate that the technology integration is meeting their expectations." You think that if 94% of student’s thing the technology would help them further their educational career and opportunities more teachers would be providing students with this tool in their lessons. Later on in the article he states "74% of faculty and 70% of IT staff think they understand how students want to use technology as a learning tool, however 49% of students agree, and 30% of the students say that their school seeks any input on the types of technology that they might wish to use in their classroom." All of these statistics do no match up, and I think that teachers need to know their student better. If teachers know what their students except, they combine their own expectations to make everyone happy.




http://www.ronhoutman.com/technology-in-the-classroom-thoughts-on-the-2011-cdw-g-classroom-report/