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Technology Adoption in Schools Integrating the Internet in the classroom pose many similar challenges to the teacher that demand problem-solving skills, creativity, imagination, resourcefulness, and determination. Several models have five or more levels that track the teachers' progress from being learners to innovators. All examples cited here see the teacher as an agent of change. Apple Computer Inc., which has worked with educators for two decades in defining standards of technology competency, has a five-level integration stage, namely,  entry adoption adaptation appropriation invention.  The WEB Project is working on a similar strategy adopting Roger's Diffusion of Innovations (1995) framework and  Hall and Hord's Concern-Based Adoption Model (1987). The developmental stage has the teacher as  learner adopter co-learner re-affirmer or rejecter leader. This is another model by Dr. Steve Yuen and Dr. Daniel Surry at the University of Southern Mississippi called "9 Levels of Web Usage":   Level 1: Use Web to surf for information ex. browse for news and relevant sites Level 2: Use Web to search for specific information ex. use search engines and content directories for research Level 3: Use Web to distribute information ex. develop webpage or site to post notices, syllabi, calendar Level 4: Use Web to link to specific information ex. add links in website to other sites, pages, articles in the Web Level 5: Use Web to provide segments of instruction ex. update and expand website to include lecture notes, assignments, presentations Level 6: Use Web to compile information (assessment, evaluation) ex. give an online quiz, conduct survey Level 7: Uses Web to provide entire instruction (with or without classes) ex. online class Level 8: Use to provide entire degree program or curriculum Level 9: used by student to disseminate knowledge Recommended reading: "The Internet: Global Resources for Teaching and Learning," by Steve Yuen
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