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Abstract
As technology expands into homes and businesses around the world, this paper looks at
how schools will also benefit from its integration. With the No Child Left Behind Act as a
guide to challenging new standards, schools need to look at the different types of
technology available to them now and how it will benefit not only the students but also
what this could mean for instructors and administrators too. In order to meet the ever
changing needs of the economies technology, the responsibility to bring schools up to date
falls upon the entire community and school districts alike.
The Positive Effects of Technology in Education
Its 3:00pm. The kids run home from school, grab a snack and reluctantly sit down to their
homework. Its a scene that has replayed itself in the homes of school-aged children year
after year. Yet, in the world of technology today, these kids arent just sitting down with
pencil and paper anymore. They are sitting down in front of computers, laptops, and other
various technology that let them explore and research pretty much any subject you can
think of.
As technology has become less expensive over the last couple of decades, it has found its
way into homes and businesses throughout the whole world for means such as
entertainment, gathering information, communication, distance learning, etc. Most children
do not know what life was like without cell phones or internet. Just as technology has
found its way into homes and businesses, schools now need to focus their curriculum to
prepare students for active participation in a technological world. Technical skills needed
in this economy are changing. The skills taught in school however are not changing to
meet these needs. Many graduates are not meeting the requirements of employers. The
positive impacts of technology in education are instrumental in aiding teachers and
administrators to successfully meet the needs of children and push them to their individual
abilities.
The No Child Left Behind, Act (ESC.org) imposed by President Bush has changed the way
the United States and its schools approach their educational obligations. They have
challenged schools to reexamine their test standards, and set specific targets for
improvements. States will be held accountable for schools that arent making progress each
year. The main goal by 2014 is to end the achievement gap between rich and poor and
white and minority students across the country. Test results must include individual student
scores and be reported by race, income and other categories to measure not just overall
