Chapter 2 Educational Technology

A Federal Communication Commission survey found that half of all schools have a slower Internet connection than the average American home, resulting in which of the following problems?

• Participation gap

• Computer access gap

• Digital gap

• Connectivity gap

A digital native most commonly refers to

• A teacher who is learning about technology and its uses in schools

• A student who has grown up immersed in technology at home and in school

• A parent who is learning how to share technology experiences with his or her children

• An administrator who is deciding the best combination of technologies for a school

All of following statements are true about teacher use of technology  except

• Most teachers use computers for email, word processing, and student recordkeeping.

• Most teachers believe that technology is valuable to their teaching.

• Most teachers of math, science, or history use more technology than English/language arts teachers.

• Most teachers use technology to engage students in higher-level thinking.

All of the following are groups of technology users as identified by Pew Internet & American Life Project  except

• Desktop veteran

• Productive networker

• Digital collaborator

• Technology indifferent

Effective educational apps for tablets and smartphones make use of what concept, often associated with the early 20 ^th century educator Maria Montessori?

• Inquiry learning

• Positive reinforcement

• Self-correcting feedback

• Cooperative learning

Studies of student engagement in school have shown that

• Many students at every grade level report feeling detached and alienated from school.

• Almost all students at every grade level are eager and responsive learners.

• Most students believe their teachers provide timely and interesting lessons.

• Almost all students at every grade level indicate that they put maximum effort into schoolwork.

The call for new learning environments in the ISTE standards includes which of the following recommendations?

• More individual work by students at their desks

• Less group work and collaborative projects in and out of the classroom

• Less teacher talk and more adult-student interaction and discussion

• More teacher talk and more adult-student interaction and discussion

Which of the following statements best describes how teachers are responding to flipped classrooms?

• Teachers believe students are more engaged and do better work academically in traditional classrooms.

• Teachers believe students are more engaged and do better work academically in flipped classrooms.

• Teachers believe they lack the technological skills to implement a flipped classroom model.

• Teachers have been unwilling or reluctant to try to flip an instructional lesson.

Which of the following statements is based on Rogers's model of innovation in organizations?

• Most teachers are eager to innovate using technology.

• All teachers lag behind the pace of technology change.

• Most teachers eventually adopt new practices and ideas for change.

• All teachers are early adopters of new change ideas.

When asked about their level of engagement when teachers used different instructional methods, students said they were least engaged by

• Watching online videos

• Working on group projects

• Solving inquiry-based problems

• Listening to teacher lectures