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Tuesday, February 03, 2004
Using Study Groups to Disseminate Technology Best Practices - Adam Garry and Parry Graham, techLearning
"The success or failure of technology is more dependent on human and contextual factors than on hardware or software." (Valdez et al., 2000). In other words, when it comes to technology, the teacher is the most important piece of equipment. Not that this is any great revelation, but it is important to acknowledge that effective technology use begins and ends with the classroom teacher. While in some ways this is a comforting thought — good teaching is still good teaching and computers are no longer seen as the teacher-proof answer to education — it is also a sobering thought. No matter how much money a district puts into its technology budget, no matter how high-tech the new WAN, no matter how sleek the new hand held computers, the success of technology use still comes down to the classroom teacher. So, if we're not doing what we can to support the classroom teacher's knowledge of effective technology use, how can we ever expect students to benefit from the promise of enhanced learning that technology offers?
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