The History and Implications of Technology on School Counseling in North Carolina School Districts.

摘要

The world has changed as technology has been invented, created for mass distribution and implemented. The ways in which people interact, communicate, tell jokes, express dismay or displeasure, and find information and entertainment have changed tremendously in both scope and breadth, and school counselors have a choice to make: They can fight technology integration, or they can learn to use technology to assist with the work that they do, and integrate it for to facilitate the ever-growing workloads and help students meet the constantly shifting graduation requirements.;The object of this study was to determine how technology has changed the duties and the services of the school counselor, in both positive and negative ways. The research method combined historical and collective case studies in order to obtain the historical perspective of technology inception in school counseling and to gain perspective on the current state of technology integration in school counseling departments. (Abstract shortened by ProQuest.).