When reading Peggy's article on teacher pedagogical , I first noticed how long it was. As I read through the 12 pages i had realised Peggy had really done her research and really looked at the other peoples views on how our beliefs are formed and put into practice within our classrooms. In the first few sentences she wrote "Although the conditions for successful technology intergration finally appears to be in place , including ready access to technology , increased training for teachers and favourable policy environment , high level technology use is still suprisingly low. This suggests that additional barriers , specifically related to teachers pedagogical beliefs , maybe at work." I believe that this ,ay also relate to the older teachers that are set in their own ways and don't want to learn the new technologies of today. Then there are also the teachers that work in schools with small budgets and that can't afford the new technologies such as computers. My solution for this however is for the government to provide those schools that are less unfortunate with computers , even if it's only a couple of computers between a few classes. This is so the students are given the opportunity to work with technologies of today so they are able to easily adapt to the technologies of the future. There is also the fact that ICT is part of our curriculum. Peggy also did some research and revealed that only 81% of teachers have either moderate or high levels of access to instructional computer.
Today their are many workshops that are available for teachers to attend, however the teachers need to be willing to learn and try to incorperate it into their lessons , after all it's all about taking risks. During my schooling years i only used the computer for web research when doing an assignment and word processor. Then when i got into high school i only used power point once, but in doing the workshops at uni i have learnt and picked up many helpfull and affective ways on how to process information that i can take out with me into the work force. As i read on i then came to the conclusion that our beliefs are based on our experiences. From our own experiences we then choose what works and what doesn't which then determine our beliefs. Take for example a teacher that has good experiences with computers within the classroom may believe that computers are an essential intergration into the classroom based on those experiences. However a teacher that has bad experiences may believe that computers have no relevance within the classroom setting.
So what do i believe?. I personally havn't had many experiences in usng ICT within a classroom but based on the experiences that i have had i think we should intergrate ICT into our learning areas. However i don't believe that every student should be given a lap top to work on and all their work is based on that lap top. I still think that students need to use the pen on paper as it gives their work a personal touch , it has also been said that it is a lot easier to wrte heart warming felt things with pen and paper . Another issue i think i would have with this would be the noise level of the classroom with students talking adding to the noise of belting keys on each students lap top .
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I definitely agree with you amy, the high level technology use is still low because every day the technology is changing. Before you know it, they have a new device out. In fact I think older teachers are willing to learn but because of the fast changing technology that it’s hard to keep up with. I agree with the point that you have made about our beliefs are based on experiences but even though the teacher would have to still incorporate computer use for word processing assignments set out for students. I also believe that it’s integral to encourage the use of ICT in the classroom as it is a useful device. Overall a well thought blog.
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