Technology for New Teachers - 0 views
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chool districts spend millions of dollars each year on technology for the classroom. That hardware and software has the potential to save time in the area of administrative duties as well as to significantly impact student learning when integrated into an existing curriculum.
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he obvious key to technology’s successful implementation in schools is training and support. This is not an earth-shattering revelation. The first problem is that new staff members are not receiving even the minimum amounts of training they need to successfully utilize existing technologies beyond the lowest levels of use. In addition, these new teachers are not provided with any long-term support system to aid them in reflection or continued growth. Even veteran teachers are already overburdened with duties and often reluctant to take on more new challenges.