Introduction to Technology Integration Unit

1. What technology tools/devices are available for teachers to use in your

school? (iPad, laptops, SMART boards, airliners, etc.)
SMART Boards, Laptops, Projector.
2. What technology tools/devices are available for students to use in your
school? (iPad, laptops, iPod, clickers, etc.)
Desktops, Laptops occasionally
3. Does your school allow students to bring their own technology devices to
school to use for their learning?
No
4. What digital resources does your school provide teachers and students
access to? (eBooks, online databases, online interventions such as
Success maker, iReady, online subscriptions such as Discovery
Education, etc.)
Online Subscriptions, Online database, ebooks

5. Does your school have funding to purchase technology tools and/or digital
resources? No

6. Does your school have a technology committee? If yes, what is the

purpose of the committee and what are their goals?

No
7. Does your school have technology resources available on their school
website?
No
8. Does your schools district have technology resources/support available
on their district website?
No
9. What types of technology support are provided to teachers at your
school/district to support promote teachers integration of technology?
(instructional technology coaches, various PD, etc.)
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Technology instruction
10. Are there any inhibitors to teachers successful integration of technology
within your school/district? (network problems, lack of devices, school
culture that does not promote technology integration, etc.)
Lack of funding, Not much promotion of the need for technology

I believe that technology could be put to better use by putting it in

the hands of children who are ready or want to use technology to their
advantage. By giving technology occasionally to children in the classroom
they do not gain any technology abilities or understand the great tool of
utilization that technology is. Giving children the access to technology,
those who deserve it, a chance to use it whenever they want. Some
children simple does not want or are not mature enough to handle
technology, and therefore I believe that it is not optimal to put computers
or technology in the hands of those who do not care enough.
Technology like any other tool must be learned before it can be
used to its greatest capacity, and so as said before those are willing, not
forced should be given the rights to technology and what it must offer.
Technology could be out to better use that by fully integrating instruction
into a digital format. By doing this I believe that children will become more
enthralled with everyday lesson and reduce the risk of children messing
around on the technology put in their hands for use in education.