Document Type
Issue Area One
Abstract
Technology is everywhere. It headlines newspapers, magazines, and television programs. Technology has silently and not so silently become a part of the fabric of society. Questions such as "How Will the Increasing Use of Technology in Schools Change How, Where, and What Students Will Learn?” need to be asked to challenge our thinking and our realities.
Having a variety of technology tools available to students in the learning environment creates an opportunity for change in how teaching and learning takes place. Barbara Means and Kerry Olson (1995) draw from their case studies noting the importance of teachers designing learning environments that are student-centered, with activities designed around authentic challenging tasks. Means and Olson say that when learning environments such as these are created, students will:
• handle more complex tasks,
• divide tasks in order to complete them,
• work more collaboratively on tasks,
• go further,
• use more outside resources, and
• invite others to comment on their work.
Journal Title
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series
Volume
6
Issue
1
First Page
19
Last Page
21
Publisher
Institute for Educational Leadership, University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Copyright
©1996 Institute for Educational Leadership, College of Education, and the University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
AcheyCutts, Patty
(1996)
"Teachers and Technologies: Catalysts for Change,"
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series: Vol. 6:
No.
1, Article 6.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iel_monographs/vol6/iss1/6
