Literature Review

Jornal: New Horizon Learning
The title: Technology and Academic Achievement
Author: Les Foltos
Link:http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/technology/foltos.htm

    According to this article, Les Foltos mentioned many suggestions toward teacher who use computer and results about using computer in the school for past few decades. He mainly agrees with the effectiveness about using computer in the class room because there are so many brilliant results on each student from using computer in the classroom. However, in the course of survey, he implies one fact that some teacher cannot catch up with using computer in the class.

    As we already know some of parents and policymakers are skeptical of the effectiveness about using computer, he provides new evidence which a growing number of researchers have published studies that provide substantial evidence that technology can play a positive role in academic achievement. In addition, teachers who had students use computers to solve simulations saw their student’s math scores increase significantly.

   Recently, educators in Missouri issued their findings on a study of the impact the statewide eMints program had on academic achievement. This program is designed as a comprehensive approach to help teachers to integrate technology. According to the eMints, eMints are supposed to train teachers in different way. As a result, a higher percent of students in eMints classrooms scored in the ‘Proficient’ or ‘Advanced’ categories on Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) test. However, we can say the results are based on how teachers use this access-how we get results. Therefore, Paige encouraged educators to ask how technology can add value to student performance. (Brannnigan, Jan31,2002)

   Foltos suggests that the more technology become advanced, the more we need to have competent teacher who can handle it. Although he explains the result of eMint, School have to provide teachers with the opportunity that teacher can learn it in detail until they control it by themselves. In addition, teachers who are supposed to use computer in the classroom need the opportunities to work with colleagues, both in the school building and beyond since they need chances to learn from one another’s successes and failures and to share good ideas and knowledge.

   Finally, as I mentioned few facts about using computer and how teachers work with it, we can see some problems about technology and academic achievement. We will be able to see the blueprints how teacher will work with computer in order to enhance student’s academic skill and how technology will be connected to academic achievement in the future.