Assessing the Impact of a Large-Scale Technology Initiative on Student Achievement via Action Research (original) (raw)

The “Leveraging Laptops through the Florida Digital Educator Program” (FDE) aimed to increase student achievement via integration of technology. The FDE initiative involved 559 teachers in 73 K-12 schools in 16 districts. Of the 559 teachers, nearly 35% completed at least one action research inquiry designed to assess the ways in which their technology use impacted student achievement. The purpose of presentation is threefold. First, we will overview the development of the online data collection tool. Second, we will share aggregated results from the action research inquiries. Third, we will discuss the implications of this work for our field and ways in which it may be extended to help us further understand how technology impacts students in classrooms.