“What is your Favorite Ed Tech Tool?” by Paul Wurster is ISTE’S 30th anniversary poll.
The poll asked ISTE members to list their favorite tech tools. After asking ISTE members to name three tech tools they felt were the most influential in education over the course of the past 30 years the answers fall into three categories:
Internet tools/Resources: such as e-mail and web browsers.
This category was the clear winner in the poll. A classroom without these tools is difficult to imagine for some and inconceivable for others.
General Productivity tools: such as word processing programs and spreadsheets.
Although, these have been less popular or consider “hot tech tools” educators still have not lost sight of their value and use.
Interactive whiteboards/ Projectors:
They are important because they help students visually and understand the information presented.
Web 2.0 tools:
These are important because they encourage collaboration and engagement, and many students really enjoy them.
Portable Devices (cell phone, laptop):
Can’t leave home without it!
Which group below would you choose as the most effective for teaching and learning over the past 30 years?
As a future teacher and student I would have to agree with this list the most effective for teaching and learning would have to be Internet tools, following the general productivity tools.
What tool should teachers get more training in?
I think the Web 2.0 tools. Since there are so many, it is difficult to learn them all and stay current.
I think a distinction can be made between teacher's use of technology vs. student's use. We want to get technology to students' hands. Another distinction is how teacher use technology. Do they use it to find information, write lesson plans, do e-mail, or use it to engage students in in-depth investigation.
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