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CHALLENGES OFTECHNOLOGY IN

EDUCATION

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PROFESSIONAL

DEVELOPMENT

Key among all challenges is the lack of

adequate, ongoing professionaldevelopment for teachers who are

required to integrate new technologies into

their classrooms yet who are unpreparedor unable to understand new technologies

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• For professors and teachers to stayabreast with technology, they may need to

be retrained.

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Resistance to technology comes in manyforms, but one of the key resistance

challenges identified is )comfort with thestatus quo*

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• "hose who have been teaching all theirlives using traditional methods may not be

very susceptible to the changes beingapplied.

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&ne of the biggest mistakes made whenintegrating technology in schools is thatthe technology ends up being used for

researching

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!s the gap between two societies of peoplewho have access to modern informationtechnology, and those who don1t or have

restricted access

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#ccess to the world of information is alsodependent on where you live.

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• #ccess to the internet is highly limited inremote areas, and relatively poor

infrastructure in developing countries suchas supply of electricity makes this worse

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ome countries are too poor to be able tobuild the communica ion!

in"ra! ruc ure needed to allow homesand businesses to connect to the !nternet.

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• "ami%& ! ruc ure• e$uca ion• mo i'a ion

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%omputers in education

disable us because8

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• EFFE%"!0E "E#%'!$( #++ 9 "/! #44E#R

: (ood teaching requires a personal connection

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• " /E$" R! K 9E%&-!$(

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: "oo many of today1s youngsters can surf the

internet, but are unable to form personalconnections

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• %&-4 "ER #RE # 'E#+"' R! K

:%omputer use is associated with increasedeyestrain, repetitive motion in;ury, and obesity

that comes from a sedentary lifestyle

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• F $/#-E$"#+ K!++ #RE !/E+!$E/

: #s spelling and grammar tools correct studentwriting and computer screens replace

engagement with books, real learning iscompromised

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"echnology won1t replace teachers=..

9ut teachers who use technology willprobably replace teachers who do not=.

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"hank you=.