TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION


       On a book called "The Use of Educational Technology Integration by Special Education Teachers in Rural Schools in South Carolina" by Shannon L Byrd-Jones, he talks about how today the government is spending a lot of money on technology on schools, because they think that the children might be able to benefit from learning when they have better resources. With this happening the education in schools are not getting any better, Jones says that "Educators receive pressure from multiple venues to integrate technology into the curriculum as a regular tool for teaching. School districts, administrators, government, parents, and even the media push to make technology an integral tool used by all teachers." Jones explains that there is a lot of pressure put on teachers to incorporate technology into there teaching because they feel like its important. Going to high school, every classroom had a smart board, but not every teacher used their smart boards, some teachers didn't know how to use it and it some times caused a lot of trouble for them, but the technology that really helped making learning fun were computers. Using the computers helped learning fun and easier because you could just look up anything and you can find so much information on it, by typing a few words instead of going to the library and checking out books.

Byrd-Jones, S. (2011). The use of educational technology integration by special education teachers in rural schools in south carolina (Order No. 3488355). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full Text; ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global; ProQuest Education Journals. (915123953). Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.proxy.consortiumlibrary.org/docview/915123953?accountid=14473 http://sz3sa6ce8r.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info%3Aofi%2Fenc%3AUTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/summon.serialssolutions.com&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Social+media&rft.jtitle=Applied+Clinical+Trials&rft.date=2014-08-01&rft.pub=Advanstar+Communications%2C+Inc&rft.issn=1064-8542&rft.eissn=2150-623X&rft.volume=23&rft.issue=8-9&rft.spage=8&rft.externalDBID=n%2Fa&rft.externalDocID=383573043&paramdict=en-US