Article 1: How Teachers View Technology

I found it interesting that 80% of new teachers surveyed in this article thought that technology made their jobs easier and only 69% of veteran teachers agreed. I don't understand how any teacher could say that technology in their classroom doesn't make things easier! I think the big difference between these two groups is how comfortable older teachers are with technology vs. newer teachers. Many people hate change...and teachers are certainly no exception. We don't really like changing something that's working for us. And when we bring new technology into our schools, we're looking at an inservice to be trained on it. I think that's what holds some of us back, the time it takes to learn how to use the new technology properly. One thing that many teachers agreed on, though, is that the use of technology improves student learning and we'd better get them ready for jobs that require computer skills. We might as well just go ahead and educate ourselves while we're at it!