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I choose the article Top Ten Issues Shaping Todays Technology Uses in Education.
There one issue that is pointed out is funding for educational technology. Specifically, this issue
because funding is one of the most important parts of getting technology into the hands of our
students. Without funding for tech there arent devices available; with the right types of
sponsorship, a school system would be able to issue each student from third to twelfth grade a
personal laptop to use during the school year. Funding is a large problem no matter what is being
sponsored. On one side, there will always be those who do not want to fund anything; despite
what is needed to function properly (schools who dont have enough money and limit teachers to
the amount of paper they use during the year for copies). On the other hand, there will be those
people who will expect that everyone should throw money at issue. Technology funding is no
different because it can be very expensive to fund a school systems technology department.
Tech isnt just laptops and iPads; it also includes everything from the programs for the different
devices in the school to the use of SMART boards in so many classrooms. Technology is
necessary to fund for school systems because the various technologies can help cater a students
education to fit their needs. In the article Mixed Methods Evaluation of Statewide
Implementation of Mathematics Education Technology for K-12 Students, the authors point out
how technology can help different students by saying offering for example, while learning math
using a personalized instructional system, different math quizzes and contents are delivered to
different students based on their present levels of understanding and mastery of a particular math
lesson. Consequently, these education technology systems can support mathematics teachers in
effectively meeting the needs of all students (Braisel, Martin, Jeong, Yuan & Society for
Research on Educational Effectiveness). The ability to have each student a personalized quiz or
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content that can be delivered electronically will help reach every child in a classroom, wherein
current classrooms teachers just hope to reach the majority. Though to have that type of
technology available to every school in every state, there needs to be funding. If the federal and
state governments are going to make it mandatory that as educators we implement technology in
our classes, there needs to be funding; though it is difficult to imagine this when it is hard to get
References
Brasiel, S., Martin, T., Jeong, S., Yuan, M., & Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness,
Lovitt, J. W. (2004). Successful Strategies for Saving & Securing Technology Funding. T.H.E. `
Roblyer, M. D., & Doering, A. H. (2010, July 20). Top ten issues shaping today's technology
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