Laptops for Teachers: Practices and Possibilities

Autor/inn/en	Cowie, Bronwen; Jones, Alister; Harlow, Ann
Titel	Laptops for Teachers: Practices and Possibilities
Quelle	In: Teacher Development, 15 (2011) 2, S.241-255 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1366-4530
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Instructional Leadership; Teacher Attitudes; Educational Practices; Laptop Computers; Access to Computers; Program Effectiveness; Program Evaluation; Technology Uses in Education; Questionnaires; Secondary School Teachers; Experienced Teachers; Use Studies; Performance Factors; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Lehrerverhalten; Bildungspraxis; Laptop computer; Laptop; Computer; Digitalrechner; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Fragebogen; Benutzerschulung; Leistungsindikator; Neuseeland
Abstract	The Laptops for Teachers scheme in New Zealand provides teachers whose schools opt into the scheme access to a laptop for their exclusive use. This paper reports on the findings of the three-year evaluation of the impact of the laptops on secondary teachers' work. The findings indicate that school leadership has been pivotal to the provision of the technological infrastructure and organisational support needed for teacher use of the laptops. Departmental leadership has been crucial in supporting teacher use of laptops for teaching and learning. Teachers described gains in expertise, indicating that they used the laptop for a range of purposes to support their teaching. These included lesson planning and preparation, and reporting. Where teachers had easy access to a laptop-plus-data projector they found that students responded to material that included images and up-to-date real-world examples. Colleagues were identified as the main source of professional development for the use of the laptop for teaching purposes. The findings of the study suggest schools are advised to consider how to support teachers to work collaboratively to share expertise as a way of supporting and extending teacher use of laptops. (Contains 3 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10