Brianna Strahler's Blog – November 2011 Archive (1)

Students are regularly emerged in complex technologies and want to explore the world and gain knowledge using high-tech devices.  However, high stakes testing mandated through the federal government as a result of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001 has placed enormous pressure on teachers to raise reading scores.  With such pressure from government mandates, many educators find it difficult to spend time integrating technology into their classroom when they are trying to improve…