Thursday, October 3, 2013

Technology in the Classroom


Technology has the ability to greatly increase learning in the classroom. What most excites me about technology use in a classroom is the new potential  for increased collaboration among students. Using google docs, students can be working on the same subject matter on the same document all at the same time. The teacher can also be involved. Also, communication between student and student, and student and teacher, can be transformed by online forums and classroom websites.  

A whole world of opportunities for visual aids opens up with the internet and a big screen or a TV. Teachers can show videos or photos to demonstrate new concepts or ideas.

I think technology in the classroom becomes a problem when teachers or students use it statically or use it in a way that replaces spontaneity. When technology dehumanizes a lesson is when it becomes a problem. 

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