EDLD 5364 REFLECTION

There was a lot of useful and interesting information in week two of Teaching with Technology. I learned about the effects technology have on students of low socioeconomic status. Studies were completed which proved that an increased access to classroom technologies encouraged more student collaboration, more creative projects, higher student confidence, and more accurate student communications (Dwyer, 1995). Evaluations also found evidence that positive student attitudes, higher self-esteem, and increased writing abilities were likely because of ACOT implementation.  The most profound effects were in the area of mathematics, where sixth-grade math scores on the state’s Comprehensive Assessment Report were strongly related to increases in technological use (Mann & Shafer, 1997).  As an employee of a Low Socioeconomic School District, I was excited to hear technology influenced the outcome of student collaboration, confidence, communications, self-esteem and their overall attitude toward education. 

Citation:

Page, M. S. (2002). Technology-enriched classrooms: Effects on students of low socioeconomic status. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 34(4), 389–409. Retrieved from the International Society of Education at http://www.iste.org/AM/Template.   cfm?Section=Number_4_Summer_20021&Template=/MembersOnly.cfm&ContentFileID=830