Week 5

Myths and Realities About Technology in K-12 Schools

This is a powerful critique about the current state of technology integration in the K-12 public school system. Clearly there has been a huge movement to incorporate technology within the classroom, but often such campaigns go without the development of a step by step plan to successfully integrate technology into the schools. This happens for several reasons including, poor teacher training, lack of software and technical support, curriculum planning that doesn't provide room for technology and a number of other reasons.

I enjoyed reading this piece of writing and felt that it was an important read for any teacher, school, or district thinking about using technology within the classroom. I found the five myths to be dreadfully true. I thought myth three was interesting because it broke down teacher experience with using technology in the classroom into five stages of instructional evolution. I think I would place myself in the adoption stage, but I look forward to being able someday to approach the invention stage and become a true pioneer at incorporating technology within the classroom.