How Teachers View Technology

A company that provides technology to K-12 schools called CDW-G took a survey on teachers views of technology. The survey determined that teachers believe that a computer is a valuable tool that improves student academic performance, attention in the class and comminication with parents. Seventy two percent of the teachers surveyed believed that the students who have computers at home were at a greater advantage then those who didn't have them. I totally agree with this statement. It talked about the greatest obstacle of technology was the shortage of computers. What I thought was interesting was that techers who rated computers being very useful were the ones who have had the most training. I think it is very important to be trained in technology as a teacher and not just thrown in and expected to know!