“The availability and effective use of digital resources will be an integral part of each classroom and the curriculum. It is still new and the learning curve is steep. By 2019, I expect that it will be a routine part of the instructional process.” -Elementary School Principal (CA)
Students are being prepared for the future each and every day, wether it'd be at school or at home. Techonology is used in a variety of ways to help teachers in the classroom, but according to Speak Up, about one-half of the district administrators and principals concur that digital media tools, digital resources and online textbooks have the greatest potential to increase student achievement.
An issue that is at hand when it comes to technology in the classroom, is whether or not the instructor knows his/her way around technology. According to studies shown on Speak Up, data reveals a disconnect between the strategies college students are learning in their teaching methods classes and the technology that teachers are currently using in the classroom to enhance student achievement. Currently, our future teachers are being trained to use word processing, spreadsheet or database tools (53 percent), create multi-‐media presentations (44 percent), and find digital resources such as videos, podcasts or digital images to include in a lesson (40 percent).
The use of technology in the classroom continues to grow every year. The only problem I would see about being able to have a "fully-equipted" classroom would be the funding the government is providing to schools. Not only is more funding needed for equipment, but also to provide instruction for those teachers that need the help to use such equipment in the classroom.
