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Commentary: Art Education And New Technology: Are You Ready?, Susan Witwicki
Commentary: Art Education And New Technology: Are You Ready?, Susan Witwicki
Journal of Social Theory in Art Education
As an Art education major, I was somewhat daunted by a recent job offer requiring me to teach in the Career and Technology Studies department. As a recovering technophobe and lover of scissors and paste, I was cautious of this ‘Brave New World’ of computers. I perceived post-millennial teens to be cyber savvy know-it-alls, largely due to the way in which they were portrayed in the media. As well, if the ads were true, teens weren’t the only ones riding the new technological wave; Cisco Systems 1999 television campaign presented a global Utopia of citizens united through surfing the net. …
Teachers' Perceived Barriers To Using Computers And The Internet For Instruction, Lisa M. Thompson
Teachers' Perceived Barriers To Using Computers And The Internet For Instruction, Lisa M. Thompson
The Corinthian
The purpose of this study was to identify the three most frequently reported barriers to using computers and the Internet for instruction. This descriptive, survey study used a 17-item survey to gauge the responses of 15 High School InTech educators at Macon State College in Macon, Georgia. The three barriers most frequently reported, among the "Moderate barrier" and "Great barrier" rankings, were "not enough computers"; "outdated, incompatible, or unreliable computers"; and "lack of release time for teachers to learn, practice, or plan ways to use computers or the Internet." These perceived barriers must be addressed in order to increase the …