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A 4 page review of author Pedro Hernández-Ramos explains in "If Not Here, Where? Understanding Teachers' Use Of Technology In Silicon Valley Schools" (an article published in October 2005 in the "Journal of Research on Technology in Education"). The author of this paper comments on the importance of full, not partial, integration of this phenomenal technological resource. No additional sources are listed.
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The topic of computers in the classroom is not a new one but, interestingly, there is still some lack of full utilization of this
technology by some educators. The reason? Failure of schools to fully integrate the computers they have into their classroom activities! Of all places, one would not expect
that problem in one of the more technologically advanced area of the United States. As author Pedro Hern?ndez-Ramos explains in "If Not Here, Where? Understanding Teachers Use Of Technology
In Silicon Valley Schools" (an article published in October 2005 in the "Journal of Research on Technology in Education"), however, inadequate integration of computers occurs even in Silicon Valley California!
Instructional technology has been in a state of evolution throughout history. In the latter part of the twentieth century, however, the pace
of that evolution quickened. With the advent of computers the fate of the slate blackboard and the dusty corners of traditional libraries began a downward spiral towards extinction.
The majority of classrooms now have access to a variety of forms of cutting edge technology, especially computers. Computers have, in fact, become one of the most innovative and
captivating educational tools currently in use in the classroom and in the home. Hern?ndez-Ramos (2005, p. 39) reports that in 2001
that our nations schools were home to "more than 10 million computers, with 99 percent of schools and 87 percent of classrooms connected to the Internet, and one Internet-wired computer
for every 5.4 students". With this preponderance of computers it is no wonder that some ninety-seven percent of those teachers surveyed across the nation acknowledged they utilized computers for
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