Week #12 Dr. Marzano

 Write a blog post about the article and one new thing you learned about tech in ed.  Also include one piece of helpful information about applying tech to your future teaching
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/nov09/vol67/num03/Teaching-with-Interactive-Whiteboards.aspx
I read an article called Teaching with Interactive Whiteboards. There was a study done on teachers who taught the same lessons in classrooms both with and without interactive white boards. The results came back with a 16 percentile point gain in student achievement in the classrooms taught with interactive whiteboards based on just having the whiteboard alone. The learner response devices were also used. There was a 26 percentile point gain in student achievement within the voters alone. The use of graphics and visuals to present information included with it a 26 percentile point gain as well. And the interactive whiteboard "reinforcer" showed a 31 percentile point gain. Although there were many gains in the technology based calsses, One of the more interesting findings from the study was that in 23 percent of the cases, teachers had better results without the interactive whiteboards. This was because of the teachers response. Instead of explaining the correct answer teachers talked about who was wrong and right. Or with the graphics the students liked seeing the pictures, but were not given enough time to take in the understanding of the graphic. This proves that students improve their scores simply based on the way of teaching. Students are drawn to technology and it tends to not bore them as fast as simple lecture would. I would say as teachers we should use technology whenever we can, but they have to make sure and use it in the right context. And they must still explain processes in a detailed way. Using technology is not a way for teachers to teach less, it is a way for teachers to enhance the student's learning experiences.