Challenges to Technology Integration
After discussing the challenges identified by each group member, please choose the one challenge that all group members agree on and post it here. Don't forget to include the possible causes of this challenge.
posted by sjbrooks-young at
4:16 PM
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Our biggest challenge is getting teachers to rethink and restructure the workings of their classroom so that not all students are doing the same thing at the same time.
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Anonymous, at 7:26 AM
It is a challenge to get teachers to be willing to change.
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Anonymous, at 7:27 AM
Not all teachers see the importance of technology integration. This is probably caused by lack of confidence in technology use on the teacher's part and lack of time.
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Anonymous, at 7:27 AM
Teachers who are unable to implement technology.
The causes for this: unwillingness of teachers (afraid)
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Anonymous, at 7:28 AM
Keeping staff, infrastructure and software current with modern technological changes.
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Anonymous, at 7:28 AM
I think the greatest challenge is teachers' willingness and ability to use technology. This could be caused by lack of staff development and lack of access to technology in the classrooms.
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Anonymous, at 7:28 AM
How do we get teachers to make a fundamental paradigm shift from teacher-centered, passive learning environments to student-centered, active learning environments?
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Anonymous, at 7:29 AM
Teachers need to see that guiding students through the process of discovering their own knowledge is more important and more valued that standing and delivering the teacher's knowledge.
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Anonymous, at 7:29 AM
Available funds and personnel to integrate the technology into the curriculum and to maintain the technology infrastructure.
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Anonymous, at 7:29 AM
Technology costs way more than any school or district has the budget to afford. We also have little time for staff development and few personnel available with the needed expertise.
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Anonymous, at 7:29 AM
Time to plan integration and try new things
This is caused by the high demands placed on teachers and administrations.
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Anonymous, at 7:30 AM
The greatest challenge we see to integrating technology into instruction is teacher buy-in. Teachers must have the desire to learn the technology tools necessary for implementation. Teachers must also have the conviction that utilizing technology will benefit their students and improve their educational performance and critical thinking skills.
-Kay, Mechelle, Beth, and Micky
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Anonymous, at 7:30 AM
The greatest challenge, as we see it, are the dynamic changes taking place in technology and the inability for a school district with limited resources to keep up with technology changes and keeping teachers up-to-date with technology changes.
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Anonymous, at 7:30 AM
One challenge to technology integration is "vintage reluctant users." Teachers who have never used computers often don't feel the need to learn to use them. Unfortunately, districts are faced with requiring (forcing) teachers to demonstrate certain technology skill levels.
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Anonymous, at 7:30 AM
One of the greatest challenges is to equip teachers with knowledge, desire, and confidence to be able to transform the learning environment.
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Anonymous, at 7:30 AM
The problem we discussed was accessability. Teachers are not using the technology because either it not there due to cost, or it is not working....or they do not have the knowledge of where to go if there is any troubleshooting that needs to be done.
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Anonymous, at 7:30 AM
A major challenge on our campus is moving technology from admin istrative uses only to instructional uses in the classroom.
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Anonymous, at 7:30 AM
The cost of Technology and the lack of interest of the Administration to consider the implementation within the district. Also the frustration of the users to implement within the classroom.
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Anonymous, at 7:30 AM
Greatest Challenge is Effective implementation......
Causes would be lack of adequate training, resistance to change, lack of understanding of the importance, lack of follow up to training.
By: Denise & Sheryl
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Anonymous, at 7:31 AM
lack of teacher knowledge-caused by:
-limited professional development
-adequate resources
-accountability demands
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Anonymous, at 7:31 AM
Many teachers are not integrating technology as part of their curriculum. Instead, they're seeing it as a separate entity--an add on--just another thing they have to do.
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Anonymous, at 7:31 AM
Challenge: ...How to continue and improve integration after the Target Grant support is no longer available.
Solution: Commitment and follow through "Put your money where your mouth is."
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Anonymous, at 7:31 AM
Getting teachers to change to implement technology into the curriculum
Lack of administrative support
Lack of on-going training
Lack of funding
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Anonymous, at 7:31 AM
The challenge is effectively demonstrating student technology mastery in a meaningful, authentic performance-based way. The cause of this challenge is the demand for an assessment right now and the lack of funding to develop an authentic assessment.
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Anonymous, at 7:32 AM
I agree that we need to rethink the learning environments and support teachers' becoming comfortable with different students working on different things in the classroom all at the same time.
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Anonymous, at 7:32 AM
I feel it is one of our main goals as administrators to change the attitudes of teachers so that they change how they do things in the classroom and move towards what they are not comfortable with.
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Anonymous, at 7:33 AM
As soon as the teachers see that the students are not threat to them in the classroom, they will be more willing to submit to the available technology because they will not have to work nearly as hard in the classroom. Now, that is a great angle for a buy-in by your teachers.
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Anonymous, at 7:34 AM
Challenge of technology integration is the student skill level inhibiting the use of technology so that the focus of instruction is on technology skills instead of curriculum.
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Anonymous, at 7:34 AM
Money for hardware and staff development.
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Anonymous, at 7:35 AM
Regarding the paradigm shift from teacher-centered, passive learning to student-centered, active learning, what staff development activities could be utilized to begin facilitating such a shift?
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Anonymous, at 7:35 AM
We agree that "Teachers are not using the technology because either it is not there due to cost, or it is not working....or they do not have the knowledge of where to go if there is any troubleshooting that needs to be done."
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Anonymous, at 7:36 AM
I feel it is one of our main goals as administrators to change the attitudes of teachers so that they change how they do things in the classroom and move towards what they are not comfortable with.
7:33 AM
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Anonymous, at 7:36 AM
Confidence is a key factor
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Anonymous, at 7:36 AM
Teachers take their lead from the campus administrators. If the principals are too busy, or do not see the need for technology integration and stress that importance to the faculty, it will not happen on a consistant basis.
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Anonymous, at 7:36 AM
It is going to be necessary for the Administration to make Technology Use mandatory by the teachers and have it part of their staff evaluation.
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Anonymous, at 7:37 AM
Change is always a challenge in itself, but when it comes to technology, having the right people in the right places helps to make those reluctant users feel more comfortable and eager to learn --- creating an atmosphere conducive to change is crucial.
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Anonymous, at 7:37 AM
Mechelle and Beth
We essentially said the same thing about teacher buy-in over at our table. How do we convince teachers that changing the structure of their classrooms really benefits students, that they don't have to "add onto" the curriculum to integrate technology, but change how they are measuring what students have learned?
Jayne
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Anonymous, at 7:37 AM
Our teachers are moving from overhead transparencies to cute PowerPoints. The medium is different but the instruction is essentially the same. Transformation takes time.
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Anonymous, at 7:37 AM
anonymous...
Apparently the thread that is repeated over and over is the cost of technology and the reluctant teacher issue. Until dist4ricts can receive funding WITHOUT all the strings attached, we will never reach the level of implementation needed to survive in the 21st century and beyond.
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Anonymous, at 7:37 AM
I agree that trying new things in the classroom is diffucult because if a plan doesn't go well you dont feel like continuing that same techniuqe for the next three periods. So its easy to fall back on what you have been doing.
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Anonymous, at 7:37 AM
In response to, "it is a challenge to get teachers to be willing to change", asking or expecting teachers to change is not enough. As administrators, we must be change facilitators. We must provide training for our teachers, set expectations and and inspect those expectations. Through this support, a safe environment for change will secure success.
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Anonymous, at 7:38 AM
How do we get teachers to make a fundamental paradigm shift from teacher-centered, passive learning environments to student-centered, active learning environments
Perhaps show them data they will not be satisfied with in terms of student achievement.
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Anonymous, at 7:38 AM
The greatest challenge we see to integrating technology into instruction is teacher buy-in. Teachers must have the desire to learn the technology tools necessary for implementation. Teachers must also have the conviction that utilizing technology will benefit their students and improve their educational performance and critical thinking skills.
-Kay, Mechelle, Beth, and Micky
How is your district addressing this issue? Teacher's being reluctant to change is a big problem.
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Anonymous, at 7:38 AM
We agree with you!!! :-) We are hoping to get some strategies from this workshop today!
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Anonymous, at 7:38 AM
money and time and teacher resistance are problems in almost all of the blogs.
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Anonymous, at 7:39 AM
In the rural areas, the challenge is the lack of current, working technology. We still have Windows 95 in some areas! If the technology is there, then it's not used because no one knows how to use it or set it up. It's too much hassle to use the old technology that doesn't work half the time or to spend extra time learning the new technology. It's a matter of priority.
There is also a lack of technical support or commitment to technical support to upgrade, fix, manage the technology. When it breaks, it sits and sits and sits... waiting and waiting and waiting to be fixed until the technology is obsolete and thrown away... a lot of waste.
Solution: Get 'er done! Make the commitment & increase the priority of technology. Prevention of problems, rather than wasting time and money fixing the problems later because it is critical or "required"! Commitment to staff development and increasing skills should be a priority, too. Technology shouldn't create stress!
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Anonymous, at 7:51 AM
My challenge is getting my head of school to allow me to do my job as an instructional specialist. I believe the reason is her fears of technology and a lack of understanding of the importance of technology in student education
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Anonymous, at 7:36 AM
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