{"id":14910,"date":"2011-02-09T10:34:02","date_gmt":"2011-02-09T15:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=14910"},"modified":"2011-02-09T10:34:57","modified_gmt":"2011-02-09T15:34:57","slug":"report-shows-u-s-schools-cant-meet-technology-demands-of-teachers-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2011\/02\/09\/report-shows-u-s-schools-cant-meet-technology-demands-of-teachers-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Report shows U.S. schools can&#8217;t meet technology demands of teachers, students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"ctl00_pContentPlaceHolder_ctl03_MainHeading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thejournal.com\/articles\/2011\/02\/04\/report-shows-u.s.-schools-cant-meet-technology-demands-of-teachers-students.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Report shows U.S. schools can&#8217;t meet technology demands of teachers, students<\/strong><\/a>&#8212; from The Journal by Scott Aronowitz<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Few people will be surprised to learn of research that shows K-12  institutions throughout the United States have become heavily dependent  on technology, and that this dependency continues to increase with each  passing year.  What may surprise even the most jaded among us, however,  is that, given that many view this a &#8220;good&#8221; dependency with a wealth of  immediate and long-term benefits for teachers, students, and staff,  we&#8217;re doing an inadequate job of feeding the habit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">At the <a href=\"http:\/\/fetc.org\/Events\/2011-Conference\/Home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">FETC 2011 show<\/a> in Orlando, FL, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">PBS<\/a> and research firm <a href=\"http:\/\/grunwald.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Grunwald Associates<\/a> released a national research report on digital media usage among  educators entitled &#8220;Deepening Commitment: Teachers Increasingly Rely on  Media and Technology.&#8221; The report is based on a survey conducted in  August 2010 of 1,401 preK-12 teachers from various regions and  demographics throughout the United States. Its primary conclusions are:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li> Teachers are, owing to both interest and circumstance, increasing their use and knowledge of technology in the classroom; and<\/li>\n<li>U.S.  schools provide an insufficient capacity of computing devices and  technology infrastructure to support teachers&#8217; Internet-based  instruction needs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Report shows U.S. schools can&#8217;t meet technology demands of teachers, students&#8212; from The Journal by Scott Aronowitz Few people will be surprised to learn of research that shows K-12 institutions throughout the United States have become heavily dependent on technology, and that this dependency continues to increase with each passing year. 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