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10.47% 2.62%
82.92%
What is your view of the value of digital technologies in education in general?
Technology has positively affected my ability to teach. Technology has not had an effect on the quality of my teaching. Technology has negatively affected my ability to teach.
Responses about tech’s impact on student learning were similar, with 84 percent saying it’s had a positive impact, 6 percent saying it’s had a negative impact and 10 percent being neutral.
How has technology affected your students’ learning?
When asked whether they “believe technology will have a positive role to play in education in the future,” respondents were nearly unanimous: 96 percent said “yes.”
Teachers’ Favorite (and Least Favorite) Technologies
An overwhelming majority favored schools providing devices to students (81 percent), but it was just a large majority that favored students bringing their own devices to schools for classroom learning (47 percent). About one-third were against students bringing devices for classroom learning; the rest were neutral. Nearly half of respondents said students in at least some grades in their schools had 1-to-1 devices. Just 14 percent require students to bring their own devices (BYOD).
Answer Choices
Responses
Technology has positively affected my students’ learning.
83.72%
Technology hasn’t affected their learning one way or the other.
10.47%
Technology has negatively affected my students’ learning.
5.81%
4.07% 3.49%
Do you favor the idea of schools providing devices to all students?
Yes, absolutely.
Yes, with reservations. I could go either way. No, with exceptions. No, absolutely not.
Do you favor the idea of students providing their own devices for classroom learning?
Yes, absolutely.
Yes, with reservations. I could go either way. No, with exceptions. No, absolutely not.
11.93%
35.76%
13.08% 18.60%
14.24% 19.77%
44.77%
34.30%
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