**** AskERIC FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION (FAQ) **** QUESTION: Does the implementation of technology positively affect students? SEARCH TERMS: computer uses in education, educational technology, computers, technology, learning, empower, teacher attitudes, student attitudes, educational improvement LAST UPDATE: 7/18/94 ERIC CITATIONS: 16 (plus 2 non-ERIC citations) FULL-TEXT RESOURCES: none OTHER RESOURCES: email address, phone number, postal address ======== NOTE: This is a very difficult question to answer. Concrete evidence of the value of technology use in education (in the form of quantitative research) is currently hard to come by. ======== **** ERIC CITATIONS **** ERIC Database 1982 - 3/1994 AN: EJ469183 CHN: IR527287 AU: Denk,-Joseph; And-Others TI: Not Yet Comfortable in the Classroom: A Study of Academic Computing at Three Land-Grant Universities. PY: 1994 JN: Journal-of-Educational-Technology-Systems; v22 n1 p39-55 1993-94 SN: ISSN-0047-2395 DT: Opinion Papers (120) LA: English DE: Courseware-; Curriculum-Development; Higher-Education; Problems-; Questionnaires-; Tables-Data; Teacher-Attitudes DE: *Computer-Assisted-Instruction; *Land-Grant-Universities ID: Computer-Attitudes; Teacher-Surveys IS: CIJJAN94 AB: Describes a study of computer use in classrooms at three land grant universities to determine the level at which computers have been integrated into the curriculum. Faculty attitudes toward computers are examined, hindrances to computer use are considered, and recommendations for the use of computers in higher education are suggested. (Contains seven references.) (LRW) CH: IR FI: EJ DTN: 120; 143; 080 AN: EJ473654 CHN: SO524852 AU: Hutchens,-Dorothy TI: Hooking Primary Children on Social Studies! PY: 1993 JN: Social-Studies-Review; v32 n3 p32-37 Spr 1993 SN: ISSN-1056-6325 AV: UMI DT: Guides - Classroom - Teacher (052) TA: Teachers; Practitioners LA: English DE: Childrens-Literature; Class-Activities; Educational-Technology; Elementary-Education; History-Instruction; Immigrants-; Interdisciplinary-Approach; Primary-Education; Teacher-Behavior; Thematic-Approach; Visual-Arts; Writing-Across-the-Curriculum DE: *Cooperative-Learning; *Curriculum-Design; *Social-Studies; *Student-Attitudes; *Student-Research; *Teaching-Methods IS: CIJMAR94 AB: Asserts that teaching social studies in the primary grades can be an exhilarating experience for teachers and encourages long-term interest in investigating the world among students. Maintains that cooperative learning, student research activities, integration of children's literature, writing and the arts, and the use of educational technology should be the basis for curriculum design in primary social studies. (CFR) CH: SO FI: EJ DTN: 052; 141; 080 AN: EJ473621 CHN: SO524818 AU: Bishop,-Michael-P.; And-Others TI: Computer Network Resources for Physical Geography Instruction. PY: 1993 JN: Journal-of-Geography; v92 n3 p102-09 May-Jun 1993 SN: ISSN-0022-1341 AV: UMI DT: Reports - Descriptive (141) TA: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners LA: English DE: Computer-Software; Educational-Technology; Higher-Education; Information-Networks; Instructional-Design; Meteorology-; Physical-Geography DE: *Computer-Networks; *Computer-Uses-in-Education; *Curriculum-Design; *Geography-Instruction; *Learning-Strategies ID: *Climatology-; *Internet- IS: CIJMAR94 AB: Asserts that the use of computer networks provides an important and effective resource for geography instruction. Describes the use of the Internet network in physical geography instruction. Provides an example of the use of Internet resources in a climatology/meteorology course. (CFR) CH: SO FI: EJ DTN: 141; 052; 080 AN: EJ472381 CHN: CS746392 AU: Gerson,-Steven-M. TI: Commentary: Teaching Technical Writing in a Collaborative Computer Classroom. PY: 1993 JN: Journal-of-Technical-Writing-and-Communication; v23 n1 p23-31 1993 SN: ISSN-0047-2816 DT: Opinion Papers (120) LA: English DE: Higher-Education; Writing-Instruction DE: *Computers-; *Technical-Writing; *Writing-Laboratories ID: Collaborative-Learning; Process-Approach-Writing ID: *Collaborative-Writing IS: CIJMAR94 AB: Discusses the problems and benefits of teaching technical writing classes in a collaborative computer classroom. Concludes that computers let students write more effectively because computers are compatible with the writing process and that teaching students to write in a collaborative computer environment prepares them for group projects and communicating electronically in business and industry. (SR) CH: CS FI: EJ DTN: 120; 080 AN: EJ472099 CHN: CE525680 AU: Bame,-E.-Allen; And-Others TI: Pupils' Attitudes toward Technology--PATT-USA. PY: 1993 JN: Journal-of-Technology-Studies; v19 n1 p40-48 Win-Spr 1993 DT: Reports - Research (143) LA: English DE: Secondary-Education; Tables-Data DE: *Educational-Technology; *Student-Attitudes; *Student-Interests ID: Netherlands- ID: *Pupils-Attitudes-toward-Technology IS: CIJMAR94 AB: A survey of students' knowledge of and attitudes toward technology used an adaptation of the Pupil's Attitudes toward Technology instrument that was developed in the Netherlands. Results indicate that, although students (n=10,349) are aware of the importance of technology and are interested in it, their concept of it is narrow. (JOW) CH: CE FI: EJ DTN: 143; 080 AN: EJ471868 CHN: SP522717 AU: Novelli,-Joan TI: Better Tools for Better Teamwork. PY: 1993 JN: Instructor; v103 n3 p43-45 Oct 1993 SN: ISSN-1049-5851 AV: UMI DT: Guides - Classroom - Teacher (052) TA: Teachers; Practitioners LA: English DE: Cognitive-Style; Creative-Teaching; Elementary-Education; Learning-Strategies; Microcomputers-; Teaching-Methods DE: *Computer-Assisted-Instruction; *Cooperative-Learning; *Heterogeneous-Grouping; *Teamwork IS: CIJFEB94 AB: Describes how technology helped one elementary teacher meet the needs and celebrate the strengths of all his students in a mixed-ability-grouped, student-centered classroom. Technology allowed the children many more choices for different kinds of learning and helped them develop their individual strengths. (SM) CH: SP FI: EJ DTN: 052; 141; 080 AN: ED359923 CHN: IR016132 AU: Honey,-Margaret; Henriquez,-Andres TI: Telecommunications and K-12 Educators: Findings from a National Survey. CS: Center for Technology in Education, New York, NY. SP: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. CN: R117F80011 PY: 1993 NT: 95 p. PR: EDRS Price - MF01/PC04 Plus Postage. DT: Reports - Descriptive (141) CP: U.S.; New-York LA: English PG: 95 DE: Classroom-Techniques; Computer-Assisted-Instruction; Educational-Improvement; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Information-Networks; Information-Transfer; Instructional-Leadership; Media-Specialists; National-Surveys; Profiles-; Tables-Data; Teacher-Education; Technological-Advancement DE: *Computer-Networks; *Educational-Technology; *Elementary-School-Teachers; *Secondary-School-Teachers; *Telecommunications ID: Internet-; Teacher-Surveys IS: RIEDEC93 AB: A survey was conducted to obtain a systematic profile of activities currently being undertaken by kindergarten through grade 12 educators in telecommunications technology. Based on the responses of 550 educators from 48 states, selected because of their involvement with computer technology, this survey represents the first large-scale description of educators' telecommunications practices. Benefits and obstacles to using telecommunications effectively as a professional resource and a learning tool are described; findings suggest that telecommunications serve as a valuable resource for both of these purposes for educators who responded. These educators represent a specialized group of highly educated and experienced teachers, who are knowledgeable about computer technology and who have been using a range of computer-based applications in classrooms for several years. Computer and library media specialists are generally the leaders in telecommunications practices, serving as a resource for other teachers. Most respondents are self-taught, and their responses highlight the lack of training in telecommunications for teachers. Implications of findings for improving the educational uses of telecommunications are discussed. Ten tables and 49 figures present survey findings. Appendix A is an annotated bibliography that lists 55 educational telecommunications services and regional Internet providers, and Appendix B lists the computer networks respondents used. (Contains 21 references.) (SLD) LV: 1 CH: IR FI: ED DTN: 141; 143 AN: ED327173 CHN: IR014799 AU: Braun,-Ludwig CS: International Society for Technology in Education, Eugene, OR. PY: 1990 SN: ISBN-0-924667-77-X AV: International Society for Technology in Education, Order Department, 1787 Agate Street, Eugene, OR 97403 ($13.25). NT: 49 p. PR: EDRS Price - MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS. DT: Guides - Non-classroom (055); Reports - Research (143) CP: U.S.; Oregon TA: Policymakers; Administrators; Practitioners LA: English PG: 49 DE: Classroom-Environment; Educational-Administration; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Higher-Education; High-Risk-Students; Interviews-; Literature-Reviews; N DE: *Educational-Change; *Educational-Improvement; *Educational-Technology; *Instructional-Effectiveness IS: RIEMAY91 AB: In March 1990, the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) carried out a study of the potential that technology offers to education. LV: 2 CH: IR FI: ED DTN: 055; 143 AN: ED269012 CHN: IR012321 AU: Ridley,-William-J.; Hull,-McAllister-H., Jr. TI: Transforming American Education: Reducing the Risk to the Nation. A Report to the Secretary of Education, United States Department of Education, by The Nat CS: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. PY: 1986 NT: 37 p. PR: EDRS Price - MF01/PC02 Plus Postage. DT: Opinion Papers (120); Reports - Research (143) CP: U.S.; District-of-Columbia TA: Policymakers LA: English GL: Federal PG: 37 DE: Computer-Uses-in-Education; Cost-Effectiveness; Curriculum-Development; Demonstration-Programs; Educational-Trends; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Expert- DE: *Educational-Improvement; *Educational-Technology; *Government-Publications; *Microcomputers- ID: Demonstration-Schools ID: *Department-of-Education IS: RIESEP86 AB: Designed to assist educational decision-makers at the school and district level, this report summarizes the work of a National Task Force on EducationalTechnology CH: IR FI: ED DTN: 120; 143 AN: EJ400463 CHN: EA523865 AU: Mecklenburger,-James-A. TI: Technology in the 1990s: Ten Secrets for Success. PY: 1989 JN: Principal; v69 n2 p6-8 Nov 1989 AV: UMI DT: Journal Articles (080); Reports - Research (143) LA: English DE: Change-Strategies; Educational-Improvement; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Technological-Advancement; Technological-Literacy DE: *Administrators-; *Computer-Uses-in-Education; *Educational-Change; *Technology- IS: CIJMAY90 AB: Offered are 10 secrets that successful educators have learned about harnessing the power of technology to education. CH: EA FI: EJ DTN: 080; 143 AN: ED336636 CHN: CE059130 TI: Technology Education in Action: Outstanding Programs. CS: International Technology Education Association, Reston, VA. PY: 1989 AV: International Technology Education Association, 1914 Association Drive, Reston, VA 22091-1502 ($8.00 members; $10.00 nonmembers). NT: 64 p. PR: EDRS Price - MF01/PC03 Plus Postage. DT: Reports - Descriptive (141) CP: U.S.; Virginia TA: Teachers; Practitioners LA: English PG: 64 DE: Classroom-Techniques; Course-Content; Educational-Improvement; Educational-Resources; High-Schools; Intermediate-Grades; Junior-High-Schools; Laboratories- DE: *Demonstration-Programs; *Educational-Innovation; *Integrated-Curriculum; *Technological-Literacy; *Technology- ID: Ann-Arbor-Public-Schools-MI; Charles-County-Public-Schools-MD; Chicago-Public-Schools-IL; Conroe-Independent-School-District-TX; Granite-School-District-VT ID: *Technology-Education IS: RIEFEB92 AB: This volume contains 10 articles describing middle school and high school technology education programs conducted in schools throughout the United States. CH: CE FI: ED DTN: 141 AN: EJ404478 CHN: SO520418 AU: Levesque,-Jeri-A. TI: Using Computers to Motivate Learners. PY: 1989 JN: Social-Studies-and-the-Young-Learner; v2 n1 p9-11 Sep-Oct 1989 DT: Journal Articles (080); Guides - Classroom - Teacher (052) TA: Teachers; Practitioners LA: English DE: Computer-Oriented-Programs; Courseware-; Elementary-Education; Incentives-; Motivation-Techniques; Programed-Instructional-Materials; Simulation-; Social-Studies DE: *Computer-Assisted-Instruction; *Computer-Literacy; *Computers-; *Motivation- IS: CIJJUL90 AB: Maintains that the use of computers in the classroom produces motivated students, empowered learners, and increased literacy. CH: SO FI: EJ DTN: 080; 052 AN: EJ444992 CHN: RC508806 AU: Thurston,-Linda-P.; And-Others TI: Bringing High Tech to the Heartland. PY: 1992 JN: Journal-of-Rural-and-Small-Schools; v5 n2 p18-23 1992 SN: ISSN-0890-9520 DT: Journal Articles (080); Reports - Descriptive (141); Reports - Research (143) LA: English DE: Distance-Education; Educational-Technology; Middle-Schools; Rural-Schools; Teaching-Methods DE: *Computer-Literacy; *Computer-Uses-in-Education; *Inservice-Teacher-Education; *Secondary-School-Teachers; *Student-Attitudes IS: CIJSEP92 AB: Describes a one-year project to bring computer skills and strategies to rural middle school teachers. Briefly describes individual teacher projects. CH: RC FI: EJ DTN: 080; 141; 143 AN: EJ443809 CHN: SP521185 AU: Novak,-Dianne-I.; Knowles,-J.-Gary TI: Beginning Elementary Teachers' Use of Computers in Classroom Instruction. PY: 1991 JN: Action-in-Teacher-Education; v13 n2 p43-51 Sum 1991 SN: ISSN-0162-6620 AV: UMI DT: Journal Articles (080); Reports - Research (143) LA: English DE: Elementary-Education; Preservice-Teacher-Education; Teaching-Methods DE: *Beginning-Teacher-Induction; *Beginning-Teachers; *Computer-Uses-in-Education; *Microcomputers-; *Teacher-Attitudes IS: CIJAUG92 AB: Describes a study which explored the instructional use of computers by beginning teachers, specifically the ways in which they used the computer. CH: SP FI: EJ DTN: 080; 143 AN: EJ438203 CHN: PS519079 TI: Children and Computers Abstracts. PY: 1992 JN: Journal-of-Computing-in-Childhood-Education; v3 n1 p97-100 1992 SN: ISSN-1043-1055 DT: Journal Articles (080); Reference Materials - Bibliographies (131); Reports - Research (143) LA: English DE: Academic-Achievement; Annotated-Bibliographies; Computers-; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Hearing-Impairments; Higher-Education; Homework-; Literacy-; DE: *Computer-Uses-in-Education; *Learning-Disabilities; *Microcomputers-; *Problem-Solving; *Sex-Differences; *Student-Attitudes ID: *LOGO-System IS: CIJMAY92 AB: Provides an overview of studies for possible application to instruction with children and computers and a starting point for in-depth research by listing CH: PS FI: EJ DTN: 080; 131; 143 AN: EJ415901 CHN: TM515352 AU: Cicchelli,-Terry; Baecher,-Richard TI: Microcomputers in the Classroom: Focusing on Teacher Concerns. PY: 1989 JN: Educational-Research-Quarterly; v13 n1 p37-46 1989 SN: ISSN-0196-5042 AV: UMI DT: Journal Articles (080); Reports - Research (143) LA: English DE: Computer-Literacy; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Questionnaires- DE: *Classroom-Techniques; *Computer-Uses-in-Education; *Elementary-School-Teachers; *Microcomputers-; *Secondary-School-Teachers; *Teacher-Attitudes ID: *Stages-of-Concern-Questionnaire IS: CIJFEB91 AB: Teacher concerns about introducing microcomputers into the classroom were studied. Seventy-eight teachers at elementary (n=24), junior high (n=7), and senior high CH: TM FI: EJ DTN: 080; 143 **** FINDING ERIC CITATIONS **** References identified with an ED (ERIC document) number are cited in the ERIC database. Documents are available in ERIC microfiche collections at more than 825 locations worldwide. Documents can also be ordered through EDRS: (800) 443-ERIC. References with an EJ (ERIC journal) number are available through the originating journal, interlibrary loan services, or article reproduction clearinghouses: UMI (800) 732-0616; or ISI (800) 523-1850. **** NON-ERIC CITATIONS **** Computers in Education Using Technology To Improve Teaching and Learning. Hot Topics: Usable Research, Jordan, William R.; Follman, Joseph M., Ed. 1993, 83p., Available From: NEFEC/SERVE, Regional Vision for Education, Route 1, Box 8500, 3841 Reid Street, Palatka, FL 32177 ($7 each for 1-49 copies; $6 each for 50-99 copies; $5 each for 100 copies or more). ED355930. MF-$1.18; PC-$13.20 Computers have become one of the expected trappings of today's classroom but systemic curricular integration of computers is still more of a promise than a reality. This report discusses the need to restructure learning environments to support the active use of technology by teachers. It examines attitudes and roles that evolve among successful technology-users and gives examples of specific student activities. Throughout the document, sidebars entitled "Dynamite Ideas" offer examples of teachers, schools, and districts in the Southeast that have used technological ideas successfully. (Contains 71 references.) --- "New Pathways: Technology's Empowering Influence on Teaching" in the April 1993 issue of Educational Technology Quotes studies that show: - teachers with computers expect more from their students, spend more time with individual students, etc - teachers save an average of 36 minutes a day in administrative tasks alone - citations to three studies about teachers and computing **** OTHER RESOURCES **** The National Center for Technology Planning Dr. Larry S. Anderson, Founder/Director Drawer NU -- Mississippi State, MS 39762 -- (601) 325-2281 The National Center for Technology Planning (NCTP) is a clearinghouse for the exchange of many types of information related to technology planning. This information may be: school district technology plans available for downloading via a computer network; technology planning aids (checklists, brochures, sample planning forms, PR announcement forms); and/or electronic monographs on timely, selected topics. The NCTP was created for those who: need help, seek fresh ideas, or seek solutions to problems encountered with planning. Main goals of the NCTP are to: 1) collect; 2) disseminate; and 3) help. Collection occurs as school districts and other agencies around the world send their plans to NCTP to be added to the growing repository. Dissemination is accomplished by the NCTP's making many plans available electronically for downloading via the Internet, a worldwide computer network. Help is offered in the forms of consultancy, conducting workshops, and the distribution of printed matter (brochures, pamphlets, etc.) that deal with particular aspects of technology planning. The NCTP attempts to maintain the most up-to-date information available on the topic of technology planning. While this does include technology plans as an integral part of what we do, we also compile documents designed to help educators at the local level who are attempting to work with their plans. The NCTP was founded in 1992 by Dr. Larry S. Anderson as a means to fulfill his vision for a network of people across the entire nation (and world) helping each other to achieve meaningful results in their planning for technology. His dream included a mechanism whereby educators would have free electronic access to plans in the center's repository. He realized that the success of this venture depended on one main characteristic that had been an historical strength of the teaching profession -- cooperative sharing. The number of technology plans submitted to the NCTP continues to grow as the word of the NCTP's existence spreads. Dr. Anderson and his assistants work arduously to convert these plans into an electronic format that will enable the plans to be transferred via the Internet. Currently, this involves scanning each plan, page by page, using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. As ASCII files are created, they are placed on a file server at Mississippi State University so that users can take advantage of anonymous ftp (file transfer protocol) and/or gopher connections to download the plans. The ftp address is: ra.msstate.edu -- the directory is /pub/archives/nctp -- plans are listed by name. How can you help? Simple. Just help spread the word to school districts and others with whom you come in contact. Especially, however, if you or someone you know has a long-range (3-5 year) plan for the use of technology, please send them to the NCTP. If the plan is available on disk in either ASCII or PostScript form, we would appreciate your sending a copy of the disk as well. If the plan was entered using WordPerfect (Mac or MS-DOS) or MicroSoft Word, we can use those formats, too. If you have a plan and it is available on a different word processor, you can contact us to see if we can extract it. You know, anything to save many hours of laborious scanning. Visitors to the NCTP can examine and make copies of the actual plans as submitted. Those who are willing to pay costs of duplication and mailing may request hard copies of any plans. Electronic connection via the Internet saves each user a great deal of time -- and money -- in acquiring plans and other materials offered. Please contact the NCTP with your suggestions, questions, and recommendations. It is our goal to help any agency that is: 1) preparing to *develop* a technology plan; 2) working on an unfinished technology plan; 3) wanting to *evaluate* its current technology plan; and/or 4) trying to *implement* a technology plan. Larry S. Anderson, Ed.D. LSA1@Ra.MsState.Edu Asst. Prof., Dept. of Technology & Education Voice: (601) 325-2281 Founder, National Center for Technology Planning Fax: (601) 325-7599 Director, Instructional Technology Mississippi State University .