T48 TED: Challenging the Digital Native Discourse in 1:1 Computing Projects

• In Event: Roundtables - Friday
  In Roundtable Session: Roundtables II - TED

Short Description

As schools implement 1:1 computing projects, educators struggle with the mindset of “students-know-best” about digital technologies. However, data from nineteen schools in the researchers’ region demonstrates teachers outperform students in knowledge and use of technologies. Exploring mental model theory and research, the researchers hold that teachers’ more sophisticated mental models may help to explain this phenomena. This perspective can provide information and structure for pre-service and in-service teachers implementing new technologies into classrooms.

Authors

• Angel Kymes, Oklahoma State University

• Susan Stansberry, Oklahoma State University