During the Adoption phase, teachers began using technology in their classrooms,
though most ‘incorporated computer-based activities aimed primarily at
teaching children how to use the technology’ (Sandholtz et al, 1997, p. 38).
From this, and still within the Adoption phase, teachers integrated
technology into their classroom practice, which increased student
productivity. In the Adoption stage, teachers’ own personal attitudes
changed so that they mastered certain types of computer-related
technologies, increasing their self-confidence. Finally, during the Invention
phase ‘teachers experimented with new instructional patterns and ways of
relating to students and to other teachers’ (Sandholtz et al, 1997, p. 44).