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Educational Technology Research

The EETT grant (Enhancing Education Through Technology) has really put a premium on professional development that is research based. If your district were to be audited you would be expected to show that the programs you have implemented have a basis in sound educational technology research. But who has time to find all of this research? For help justifying your grants see below:

Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow (ACOT)

ACOT's research demonstrated that the introduction of technology into classrooms can significantly increase the potential for learning, especially when it is used to support collaboration, information access, and the expression and representation of students' thoughts and ideas.

The following information was taken directly from:

ACOT Overview (2 pages) / ACOT 10 Year Review (24 pages)

Some of the ACOT Findings:

By the end of the first year, students' behavior and attendance improved, along with their attitude toward themselves and toward learning. Access to technology encouraged students to collaborate more than in traditional classrooms. Performance also improved in several ways:

• Test scores indicated that, despite time spent learning to use the technology, students were performing well - and some were clearly performing better.
• The students wrote more, more effectively, and with greater fluidity.
• Some classes finished whole units of study far more quickly than in past years

ACOT students not only continued to perform well on standardized tests but were also developing a variety of competencies not usually measured. ACOT students did the following:

• Explored and represented information dynamically and in many forms.
• Became socially aware and more confident.
• Communicated effectively about comples processes.
• Used technology routinely and appropriately.
• Became independent learners and self starters.
• Knew their areas of expertise and shared that expertise and shared that expertise spontaneously.
• Developed a positive orientation to the future.

What about the teachers? As ACOT teachers became more comfortable with the technology, they reported they were enjoying their work more and feeling more successful with their students. Over time, they also reported that they interacted differently with their students - more as guides or mentors and less like lecturers. This suggested the need to explore professional development issues. Teachers progress through stages as they learn how to incorporate technology in classroom environments.

Stage	Examples of what teachers do
Entry	Learn the basics of using the new technology.
Adoption	Use new technology to support traditional instruction.
Adaptation	Integrate new technology into traditional classroom practice. Here, they often focus on increased student productivity and engagement by using word processors, spreadsheets, and graphic tools.
Appropriation	Focus on cooperative, project-based, and interdisciplinary work - incorporating the technology as needed and as one of many tools.
Invention	Discover new uses for technology tools, for example, developing spreadsheet macros for teaching algebra or designing projects that combine multiple technologies.

To get more information on Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow go to the Apple ACOT Library page: http://www.apple.com/education/k12/leadership/acot/library.html.

For more research try the following sites:

CARET - Center for Aplide Research in Educational Technology

PBS Teacher Source

Milken Family Foundation

SEIR-TEC - South East Initiatives Regional Technology in Education Consortium
This is a great place to get free (or at least cheap) literature and classroom resources

Microsoft.com Education Case Studies