Conn McQuinn is reviewing the Educational Technology research landscape. Some themes:
What was informative was how important it is to have strong leadership, a school or district-wide shared vision of the use of technology, and tying the use of technology directly to desired learning goals. As an overall finding, the use of technology has the greatest impact on student achievement (yes, even on standardized tests and the WASL) when it is used in constructivist/student-centered/project-based learning. Then again, students learn better in that kind of environment without technology, so again this shouldn't be a big shock.
Update: Conn has added Part 2 of his findings...
Posted by Karl
April 6, 2004 08:33 AM