Imbernon, F., Silva, P. & Article Review

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As both the government and the private sector invest substantially larger amounts of capital in the development ICTs it becomes important to establish how effective these technologies are. The author suggests that previous research has identified that in many instances the effectiveness of the ICT is limited. The author is particularly interested in the factors that limit that effectiveness in schools serving disadvantaged communities in a developing country. This is important because there is a difference between the adoption of ICT and the implementation. Additionally, there is adequate evidence to suggest that the phenomenon will manifest itself differently in these types of environments based on the interaction of culture with the identified technology.

The author's identified two salient questions firstly, how do educators in disadvantaged communities respond to the technology? And what factors affect the integration of ICTs in schools? The answer these questions concepts from the domestication theory were used to assist in the understanding of the processes through which teachers adopt and integrate ICTs in the delivery of the curriculum.
The study determined that even though schools and educators see the benefit of the technology they are limited in the implementation by the impaired understanding of the educators, objectification and fear of the technology.

The value of this work is that if identified clear and practical problems that may have a negative impact on the implementation of ICTs in the school system. It also demonstrates that there are different challenges based on the level of technological development of the community into which the technology will be deployed. To improve the work of the author, there could be the addition of some of the views, from students or parents to assist in the triangulation of data.

The authors work invites further questions as to the relationship between the variables identified and the implementation of ICTs. To adequately answer this type of research question a cross-sectional study could be employed. This would provide the necessary quantitative data to test any….....

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