Teaching with Technology
Technology has been advancing rapidly in the past decade. Teachers across they world are being required to incorporate technology in their lessons. Many schools have received federal, state, and sometimes private grants to make this a reality for teachers and students.
Many of the middle schools in Guildford county have incorporated tablet use as the major avenue for technology. Every student is assigned a tablet and is able to have it linked to their respective class. Teachers are able to create assignments, videos, and audio files to push out to the students for learning. This initiative has been a major help to the county because it prepares students for corporate world scenarios. Surprisingly, there are a large number students who have never sent an email or attached a file. Some teachers take for granted that even though the current generations is part of a technology savoy generation, many of them do not have the access or the consistent practice with it. This initiative has given instructors the opportunity to recognize and meet that need.
A major task for a teacher is to make their specific content relevant. While using different mediums of technology it gives the student the chance to see how their personal (or school provided) can be used for learning. Not only that, but many of the uses address multiple styles of learning with one task. Students use their kinetic sense because there is tangible equipment in their hand and they have to navigate through what ever resource is being used. Normally there is something to read in that resource as well as an audio or visual.
The technology initiative is a means for teachers to intrigue their students while preparing them for world's challenges.
Works Cited
Technology in the Classroom ruthcatchen.wordpress.com
Technology in the Classroom ruthcatchen.wordpress.com
