Eclectic Technology

This report from Pew Internet and American Life looks at how teachers use technology both at home and in their classroom, with a focus on teachers of middle and high school students. The survey was taken by 2,462 teachers who teach either Advanced Placement (AP) courses (1,750) or work with the National Writing Project (NWP) (712 teachers). A few of the finding are listed below. 

* 92% of these teachers say the internet has a “major impact” on their ability to access content, resources, and materials for their teaching

* 73% of AP and NWP teachers saying that they and/or their students use their cell phones in the classroom or to complete assignments

* Teachers of low income students, however, are much less likely than teachers of the highest income students to use tablet computers (37% v. 56%) or e-readers (41% v. 55%) in their classrooms and assignments

There are many other findings. This report is available online through the Pew website. The link goes to the Summary of the Findings but and you may acccess the full report from this page.