1. Interview of Stakeholders
Andrea Harper
MEDT8461
Diffusion of Innovations

2. Stakeholders Jessica, 11th grade student Kim, 9th grade student
Karen, parent of 3rd, 7th, and 9th grade students
Mike, parent of 6th grade student

3. How is technology affecting the learning process?
Jessica
It makes doing work faster and easier
Kim
It is completely changing the world. It is taking away from learning but it also helps because you can easily solve problems and study online.

4. How is technology affecting the learning process?
Mike
Increased emphasis on computer skills. Allows rural schools to obtain education that they would not have local access to.
Karen
It’s reaching those visual learners the most.

5. When you hear the phrase “technology integration” what does that mean to you?
Jessica
Putting technology into a work place where technology usually isn’t used that much
Kim
It makes work easier

6. When you hear the phrase “technology integration” what does that mean to you?
Mike-
The use of all technologies combined to allow a comprehensive access to educational resources.
Karen
I guess I would just say that it mean technology is being incorporated into the classroom (interactive whiteboards, etc.)

7. How should technology be used in education?
Jessica
Not to the extreme but to help the children the best way possible and the easy way.
Kim
The projectors to let you see better and computers to help you learn faster.

8. How should technology be used in education?
Mike
I am old school, so I think sparingly. There should be an emphasis on how to use technology to obtain information. In other words, technology is a means, not the ends. 
Karen
It should be readily accessible to the students, not necessarily just for teacher use. It should truly be interactive. Students should be very comfortable with using it themselves.

9. Are you happy with the level of technology used at your school
Are you happy with the level of technology used at your school? Why or why not?
Jessica
Yes, I am but I think people take advantage of the technology they are given.
Kim
Yes, it helps you do your work faster and easier to learn.

10. Are you happy with the level of technology used at your school
Are you happy with the level of technology used at your school? Why or why not?
Mike
Unable to answer; not quite aware of what our local school has.
Karen
Elementary: No...our school does not have interactive whiteboards in every classroom...while the school down the street in the same county does! Middle & High school: Yes...my children have to access blogs to watch videos, take on-line quizzes, etc. In the classroom, my children are exposed to a lot of technology (even in orchestra!)

11. Has technology changes the way you work in your classrooms and has it changed your assignments?
Jessica
Yes, the technology we have in classrooms help us do our assignments faster. It has changed our assignments because most are done on the computer.
Kim
Yes, most of the work is on the LCD projector.

12. Has technology changed the way your child works in class and has it changed his/her assignments?
Mike
I have not seen much change with homework.
Karen
Absolutely....homework is no longer a worksheet. It involves getting on-line and viewing either on-line text (like from a textbook), take on-line quizzes, watch video clips, review class notes posted on blogs, etc. (this is for middle & high). I am not super sure how it has changed the way my child works in the classroom.

13. How would you assess your teachers’ integration of technology into the classroom?
Jessica
Some of my teachers love it. They use computers and much more every day but others just simply write on the board.
Kim
It like it because it helps me learn.

14. How would you assess your child’s teachers’ integration of technology into the classroom?
Mike
Unable to answer
Karen
I have no idea. I’m not there! I just see what they do at home.