Post 16 -C- Technology Reports

I was searching news articles for education and technology and i came across a survey about how states use technology and overall what types and how much technology in each of their districts.The report is called Technology Counts 2007 and it is a project of Education Week magazine's Editorial Projects in Education. It surrey's all the states in different areas of how they are using technology. Unfortunately i could not find Florida's report, because i would have to pay for the subscription and there was no article out there, but i did find a couple of other states and i thought sharing this would be an interesting read for some. Out of the articles i found, these are the states and their nation wide ranking in the use and operation of technology: Minnesota C (moved up from a D), New York C-, Wyoming B-, Oklahoma B-, Arkansas B-, Georgia A, and South Dakota A-. The national average for all the states is a C+ and i would have to say that statistic is very low and our nations education system should be ashamed for not implementing more technology into our schools system.

I think it is excellent how they conducted surveys on how each state is using technology compared to the national average. I think each state should in turn conduct a survey on how each district in the state is using and implementing technology. Then each state can see where they need to provide more support for integrating technology into the education of certain districts. I also think it is sad on how many states rank below the national average and i wonder how they use the money that is being allotted to them. I am saying the mid central states are ranking higher then new york, new jersey, Texas and Minnesota. Those states in my mind are some of the biggest most popular areas and this survey is telling us that they are not using technology to a greater extent then say Wyoming. That is pretty sad to me and i think they need to implement either more money to the use of technology or take money away from other areas of school and put it towards technology. Lets just hope for out nations sake that the use of technology throughout the nation will rise so more and more students can be influenced and greatly progress and their ability to learn.

To view the article on each report click on the state name below
Minnesota
Wyoming
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Georgia
South Dakota
New York
Missouri
Colorado
New Jersey
Texas