Research that shows technology supports student achievement - Classroom 2.02024-03-29T04:37:41Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/forum/topics/649749:Topic:107329?commentId=649749%3AComment%3A108374&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHere's a direct paste: http:/…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-02-11:649749:Comment:1083742008-02-11T12:52:02.971ZTonya Herronhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/TonyaHerron
Here's a direct paste: <a href="http://www.cs.colorado.edu/why/">http://www.cs.colorado.edu/why/</a> . Sorry for the typo
Here's a direct paste: <a href="http://www.cs.colorado.edu/why/">http://www.cs.colorado.edu/why/</a> . Sorry for the typo Arlene,
I think you've hit on…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-02-11:649749:Comment:1083532008-02-11T06:37:27.164ZSylvia Martinezhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/smartinez
Arlene,<br />
I think you've hit on an important point. The research for brand new tools will never exist until we make it happen. But finding similar research based on similarities in student use and outcomes is not impossible.<br />
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It's important that we don't lump Web 2.0 tools in with anything that happens to plug in. There's no way to justify it that way.
Arlene,<br />
I think you've hit on an important point. The research for brand new tools will never exist until we make it happen. But finding similar research based on similarities in student use and outcomes is not impossible.<br />
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It's important that we don't lump Web 2.0 tools in with anything that happens to plug in. There's no way to justify it that way. With Web 2.0 tools all being…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-02-11:649749:Comment:1083502008-02-11T06:28:17.434ZArlene Andersonhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/ArleneAnderson
With Web 2.0 tools all being so new for the classroom, there might not be a lot of research out there to site. If we all wait for the research, there will be no innovation.<br />
Maybe address it from the fact of what some of the tools can do for a student, like give them an authentic audience, and a voice to be heard where they work harder to produce a higher quality product. The opportunity to communicate with others in a different state, country, culture.<br />
And feedback from that authentic audience…
With Web 2.0 tools all being so new for the classroom, there might not be a lot of research out there to site. If we all wait for the research, there will be no innovation.<br />
Maybe address it from the fact of what some of the tools can do for a student, like give them an authentic audience, and a voice to be heard where they work harder to produce a higher quality product. The opportunity to communicate with others in a different state, country, culture.<br />
And feedback from that authentic audience motivates and builds self esteem. And through this student achievement.<br />
Did we know that the overhead projector would improve student achievement? Do we know that it has improved it now? It's a tool in the classroom to facilitate learning. So are Web 2.0 tools.<br />
I'll stop off the soapbox now.<br />
Arlene The problem is always that th…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-02-11:649749:Comment:1083362008-02-11T05:30:22.076ZMathew Needlemanhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/mrneedleman
The problem is always that the person in front of the room makes the biggest difference to the learning in that room. I would argue that PURCHASING technology does not increase student achievement it's all about how that technology in integrated in the classroom. Conversely, there are many wonderful teachers who don't use technology at all.<br />
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My concern, however, is that low-income students may not get access to technology if they are not exposed to it in schools and so they are not gaining…
The problem is always that the person in front of the room makes the biggest difference to the learning in that room. I would argue that PURCHASING technology does not increase student achievement it's all about how that technology in integrated in the classroom. Conversely, there are many wonderful teachers who don't use technology at all.<br />
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My concern, however, is that low-income students may not get access to technology if they are not exposed to it in schools and so they are not gaining important job skills. It's really difficult to measure that though. Sorry. That wasn't meant to b…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-02-09:649749:Comment:1077902008-02-09T15:29:14.182Znlowellhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/nlowell
Sorry. That wasn't meant to be a smarty-pants comment.<br />
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Using *anything* in a classroom will not improve student achievement simpy by the fact of its use. The question is missing a critical evaluator that has to do with how the tool is used. Substitute "textbook" for "SmartBoard" ... and ask the question again.<br />
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"Does using textbooks in the classroom improve student achievement?"<br />
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The answer is "Maybe."<br />
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One thing we should have learned by now is that simple presence - and even mandated use -…
Sorry. That wasn't meant to be a smarty-pants comment.<br />
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Using *anything* in a classroom will not improve student achievement simpy by the fact of its use. The question is missing a critical evaluator that has to do with how the tool is used. Substitute "textbook" for "SmartBoard" ... and ask the question again.<br />
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"Does using textbooks in the classroom improve student achievement?"<br />
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The answer is "Maybe."<br />
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One thing we should have learned by now is that simple presence - and even mandated use - cannot result in improved achievement without an awareness of how the tool might be used, the skill level of the teacher, the time frames in which it might be applied, and the suitability to the task. While I'm sure you are thinking all those things while you're asking the question, the reality is that most of these cannot be answered in advance.<br />
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I know a lot of teachers who swear by their SmartBoards. But I think they succeed with them because the tools have become part of their general toolbox. For every successful teacher - one who has taken the technology and adapted/adopted it for their own use - I'm willing to bet that there's at least two who haven't taken the extra step to make the SmartBoard anything more than an expensive projection screen. The critical factor isn't the technology -- it's the teacher.<br />
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You said:<br />
"[A]ny tool which makes the delivery and interaction of instruction more accessible and dynamic is going to improve student achievement"<br />
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I would contend that this is only true to the degree which the teacher is able to change the way they teach in order to accommodate the additional interaction.<br />
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I'm not saying SmartBoards are bad. Or good. Or useful. Or anything.<br />
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I'm saying that these kinds of questions - which are being asked all over the place by people who are trying to be responsible with the public's money - cannot be answered in any meaningful and objective manner.<br />
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I'm sure the company that makes them will have plenty of data to support your spending money on their products. There's a logical flaw in believing it, but it would be an answer in keeping with the validity of the question. Thank you for these links! Th…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-02-09:649749:Comment:1077872008-02-09T15:02:14.323ZDonna Heberthttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/whatsit81
Thank you for these links! These links will be helpful!
Thank you for these links! These links will be helpful! Ooof! Now why didn't I think…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-02-09:649749:Comment:1077852008-02-09T15:00:28.522ZDonna Heberthttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/whatsit81
Ooof! Now why didn't I think of that obvious and clever response? Unfortunately, however, the whiteboards are already paid for. SmartBoards are going to cost $$$$.<br />
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My contention, like your response, is that any tool which makes the delivery and interaction of instruction more accessible and dynamic is going to improve student achievement. For whatever reason, I keep thinking about <a href="http://www.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm">Howard Gardner</a>'s work with multiple intelligences. One…
Ooof! Now why didn't I think of that obvious and clever response? Unfortunately, however, the whiteboards are already paid for. SmartBoards are going to cost $$$$.<br />
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My contention, like your response, is that any tool which makes the delivery and interaction of instruction more accessible and dynamic is going to improve student achievement. For whatever reason, I keep thinking about <a href="http://www.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm">Howard Gardner</a>'s work with multiple intelligences. One teacher in another school mentioned that <a href="http://www97.intel.com/en/ProjectDesign/ThinkingSkills/ThinkingFrameworks/Marzano_New_Taxonomy.htm">Marzano</a>'s work would suggest that technology would improve student achievement. Which gets me thinking about <a href="http://www.sarasota.usf.edu/coe/rushton/documents/cambourne.pdf">Brian Cambourne</a>, <a href="http://www.infed.org/thinkers/et-freir.htm">Paulo Friere</a>, and just about any other great educational theorist of our time. The more I think about it, the more I find that I can interpret a use for technology into any of the theories.<br />
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I guess what I am looking for is "meat & potatoes" research with hard data numbers, for the people I am trying to convince are numbers people who won't be convinced until there is narrow, specific data that answers the question, "Does using SmartBoards in the classroom improve student achievement?"<br />
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Perhaps I ought to go to the company who makes them... Thank you Mathew!tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-02-09:649749:Comment:1077662008-02-09T14:42:17.173ZDonna Heberthttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/whatsit81
Thank you Mathew!
Thank you Mathew! Thanks! One thing that stands…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-02-09:649749:Comment:1077642008-02-09T14:40:43.524ZDonna Heberthttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/whatsit81
Thanks! One thing that stands out to me right away is the date of the research, which is pre-web 2.0. I'll delve into it more deeply this weekend.
Thanks! One thing that stands out to me right away is the date of the research, which is pre-web 2.0. I'll delve into it more deeply this weekend. Tonya,
Could you check the l…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-02-09:649749:Comment:1077602008-02-09T14:38:23.527ZDonna Heberthttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/whatsit81
Tonya,<br />
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Could you check the link? It's telling me that the page does cannot be found. Thanks!
Tonya,<br />
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Could you check the link? It's telling me that the page does cannot be found. Thanks!