The article entitled Revamping Professional Development for Technology Integration and Fluency by S. Plair, did a great job to explain that the hesitation with technology in the classroom comes from teacher uneasiness. The article took a look at professional development and how it should be revamped and geared towards technology integration. Whether it is the learning style or lack of motivation, professional development needs to be changed to increase technology awareness.
Plair, S. (2008). Revamping Professional Development for Technology Integration and Fluency. Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 82(2-), 70-74. Retrieved from ERIC database.
Another article that I found focused on the actual types of technology that can be brought into the classroom. Like many of the avenues that I am learning about through the grad school program with Full Sail University, this article entitled, Wikis, Digital Literacies, and Professional Growth by Knobel and Lankshear, spoke of its name. There are so many different avenues now a days that were not available even five or ten years ago. Promoting collaboration and partnership, these new forms of technology are not sitting on the back burner in the classroom.
Knobel, M., & Lankshear, C. (2009). Wikis, Digital Literacies, and Professional Growth. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 52(7), 631-634. Retrieved from ERIC database.
As a teacher, we are responsible for continuing our own education. Especially with all of the new technology out there, new doors are opening up for new types of professional development. Teachers in the southeastern part of the United States were surveyed about inservice technology workshops. In the article, Seeking Alternatives to Inservice Technology Workshops from Teachers' Perspectives by Sugar and Wilson, it goes on to explain the results of that survey. Areas that were focused on were technology advice, approaches to learning, and ways to improve.
Sugar, W., & Wilson, K. (2005). Seeking Alternatives to Inservice Technology Workshops from Teachers' Perspectives. Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 21(4), 91-98. Retrieved from ERIC database.
In the article, Filling the Gap with Technology Innovations: Standards, Curriculum, Collaboration, Success by Williams and Foulger, goes on to explain the method of professional development that focuses on technology innovation to cover academic areas and gaps. The study found that collaboration was most successful when it came to implementing strategies. Those types of partnerships tend to be very motivating for everyone involved.
Williams, M., & Foulger, T. (2007). Filling the Gap with Technology Innovations: Standards, Curriculum, Collaboration, Success!. Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 23(3), 107-114. Retrieved from ERIC database.
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