| This study was primarily designed to investigate the importance of technology integration in the classroom and why teachers are still struggling with the integration process. The focus of this study was to explore the impact of technology-related professional development on teachers' attitudes toward technology staff development, technological resources, technology use in the school setting, and teachers' current use of technology. The Teachers & Technology Survey: Assessing the Present, Planning for the Future, by Janet A. Buckenmeyer, was administered to teachers who agreed to be a part of two different technology professional development treatment groups that participated in six 30-minute technology training sessions. Data were analyzed with statistical software PASW (formerly SPSS for Mac, Version 18.0). A Repeated Measures Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was performed to examine the mean differences between the two treatment groups, as well as difference across time. Although the results indicated various changes across time and differences between groups, none of the analyses resulted in significant effects (p = .05). These results indicated that the six 30-minute varying technology professional development strategies may not be the single solution for technology integration training for teachers. The data did reveal some increases between the means in the subscales, from the pre-survey to the post-survey for both the treatment groups. A Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) was performed to determine if any significant differences existed between treatment groups on the linear combination of the four subscale scores. The result of the MANOVA analysis indicated no statistically significant differences between the groups for the combination of subscales. These varying technology professional development strategies did help improve the possible implementation for integrating technology in the classroom, yet not enough to suggest this reflects the best method to provide technology professional development for teachers. |
