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Use of Technology in High School
Use of technology is an increasingly large part of Americans' lives in the work place, at home and in higher education. With more and more information, including instruction, available on the Internet, and new technologies making computers increasingly portable, high schools are presented with many new opportunities for enhancing and supplementing classroom instruction through technology. At the same time, high schools are faced with the challenge of making sure that all students are equally well prepared to access technology's benefits.
Increasing assimilation of technology in high schools presents both special challenges and special opportunities for the education of students with disabilities. As more and more content is available online, sometimes exclusively, it is important to ensure that the information is accessible to all users, including those with disabilities. However, the thoughtful use of assistive technologies may help disabled students access high-quality curriculum and participate in mainstream classrooms.
As every effort is made to accelerate learning for all high school students, harnessing the benefits of technology becomes increasingly important. The National High School Center is designed to optimize access to technology for stronger student outcomes.
Resources on the Use of Technology in High School
Connecting Students to Advanced Courses Online
Connecting Students to Advanced Courses Online highlights six providers of academic coursework who are delivering advanced on line courses to students through technology. The primary audiences include district and school decision-makers who are looking for ways to give their students greater access to advanced course work.
Evaluating Online Learning: Challenges and Strategies for Success
This report, released by the U.S. Department of Education, discusses the emergence of a broadly defined set of online learning initiatives utilized throughout K-12 education. The report serves as a guide for seven evaluations of various online programs and resources serving students of varying grade levels.
GENERATION M2: Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-Year-Olds
This report, from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, can help educators and policymakers better understand the role of media in young people’s lives. It includes study findings on adolescents’ media use from a sample of more than 2,000 young people from across the county.
High School/High Tech
This guide, released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy, is intended to assist educators in planning, establishing, building, and managing a High School/High Tech project for high school students with disabilities. The program is designed to develop career opportunities, provide activities that will spark an interest in high technology fields, and encourage students to pursue higher education.
Keeping Pace with K-12 Online Learning: A Review of State-Level Policy and Practices
This report reviews information regarding numerous k-12 online programs, as well as related state policies across the United States. It suggests that while online learning is taking off, and making a difference, more oversight by the states and districts is required.
Reinventing the American High School for the 21st Century
This report suggests a framework for undertaking comprehensive high school improvement through the use of career and technical education (CTE) throughout the redesign model. It offers nine overarching recommendations along with specific steps for national, state, and local policymakers to implement each recommendation.
Moving Toward Solutions: Assistive & Learning Technology for All Students
This report, authored by the National Center for Technology Innovation, summarizes and describes the current state and needed direction of assistive technology (AT) within the general education classroom. It makes a series of recommendations geared toward stakeholders at various levels on how to improve the utilization of AT within the general education, while building teacher capacity to understand and adapt AT into the classroom for a greater number of students.
