case study, the researcher will interview 15 special education teachers from 15 various elementary schools within Miami-Dade County, Florida. Because attitudes and perceptions play such a major role in teachers using or not using technology in the classroom, this study will examine the attitudes and perceptions of 15 special education teachers as it relates to technology integration in their daily general instruction including science, math, history, and English. Perceptions can be seeing technology as an insurmountable obstacle, seeing technology as a hindrance rather than a teaching aid, and so forth. The participants will be chosen from K-5 schools within the Miami-Dade school district. Although the district has 200 elementary schools and many have integrated technology successfully, the need to assess daily integration and attitudes… Continue Reading...
15 various elementary schools within Miami-Dade County, Florida. Because attitudes and perceptions play such a major role in teachers using or not using technology in the classroom, this study examined the attitudes and perceptions of 15 special education teachers as it relates to technology integration in their daily instruction. The participants were chosen from K-5 schools within the Miami-Dade school district. Although the district has 200 elementary schools and many have integrated technology successfully, the need to assess daily integration and attitudes of technology integration have not been fully discussed.
Problem Statement
Special education teachers in an urban K-5 school district have problems with fully integrating technology into their daily instruction. This is… Continue Reading...
and its feasibility, 2) coordinating with budget administrators to plan for the implementation of technology in the classroom, and 3) developing an implementation process that intertwined with the school’s curriculum. Technology applications used to assist in the plan development included Microsoft Office applications to help me keep track of issues that emerged as well as to record my own reflections in an electronic journal.
Issues of school climate and culture that I uncovered during planning were that some students’ parents were not as receptive to the idea of using technology in the classroom as they felt there was already too much reliance upon technology… Continue Reading...
from 15 various elementary schools within Miami-Dade County, Florida. Because attitudes and perceptions play such a major role in teachers using or not using technology in the classroom, this study will examine the attitudes and perceptions of 15 special education teachers as it relates to technology integration in their daily general instruction including science, math, history, and English. The participants will be chosen from K-5 schools within the Miami-Dade school district. Although the district has 200 elementary schools and many have integrated technology successfully, the need to assess daily integration and attitudes of technology integration have not been fully discussed. Comment by Tarae Terry: You should to yourself as the researcher Comment by Steve… Continue Reading...
