When technology views clash.STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS may agree on the importance of 21st century technologies in preparing youth for the future, but how well they are used in schools is a bone of contention a subject of contention or dispute.See also: Bone among the groups, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the recently released Annual Speak Up survey, the largest annual survey of K12 students, teachers, parents and administrators. According to the online survey, which was conducted by the education nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. group Project Tomorrow and collected unfiltered Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since views and ideas from over 367,000 education stakeholders Stakeholders All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm-stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government. nationwide, 66 percent of administrators, 47 percent of teachers and 43 percent of parents say "local schools are doing a good job preparing students for the jobs and careers of the future," but only 23 percent of students who assessed their technology skills as being "advanced" feel the same. The majority of students polled also expressed discontent over school policies that they say prohibit them from using technology, with almost 50 percent indicating that tools meant to protect them, such as firewalls and filters, are inhibiting their learning. For more of the findings go to www.tomorrow.org. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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