Теория и практика перевода. Терехова Г.В. - 93 стр.

who were attending a conference to kick off their first educational technology
initiative in the district.
         The more technologically sophisticated teachers used email at home and the
Internet in their classrooms. They felt their teaching was improved through the use of
technology, and needed more time to integrate the technology into the curriculum. In
contrast, the rural school district teachers, who were just beginning an initiative to
include technology, were much less technologically sophisticated: far fewer used
email at home or the Internet in the classroom, and far fewer were convinced their
teaching was improved by technology.
         A similar picture emerged across all the sites we surveyed (approximately
1,200 educational professionals). Teachers with more technology experience, as
indicated by the use of email at home for example, appeared more comfortable with
technology in the classroom then those who reported low email use at home.
         While one cannot draw a casual inference from this data, our findings suggest
that home use of computer by teachers does correlate with school use of computers
by their students.
         What to do now?
         What professional who make at least $30,000 a year is not issued-on day one
of his or her job- a phone and a computer? Teachers. Thus, while our study findings
are not particularly surprising, school principals and school boards need this data to
justify expending funds and reshuffling building space. So Communication readers
are now armed with hard evidence: Go forth and use these numbers to get teachers
access, at home and at school, to networked computers! The teachers will thank you -
and your children will thank you. /38/

       Table 1. Comparing More- and Less-Technologically Sophisticated Teachers

Questions from the Snapshot Survey          Teachers who were Small, rural school
                                            Tech/Ed      Grant district in Michigan
                                            Winners
Teachers who report using email at                  81%                 47%
home (%)
Teachers who report having their                    47%                 7%
students use the Internet in class at least
16 minutes per week (%)
Teachers who report using the Internet              60%                 24%
for their teaching activities at least 16
minutes per week (%)
“I am a better teacher with technology”.            4.05                3.05
(Degree to which teachers concur with
that statement. Scale: 1 strongly
disagree, 3 no opinion, 5 strongly agree)
Teachers` reporting their highest need Need more time to Need more time to
with respect to technology:                 change         the learn to use the
                                            curriculum         technology
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