Emily Morgridge
Technology in Education. Apple iPad: Learning Tool for Kindergarten? Maine, Tennessee and South Carolina Try Them. <br/><a href=" US News</a> | <a href=" Business News</a> Copy Most remember kindergarten as a time of coloring books, handwriting lessons and chalkboards. Our next generation might look back twenty years from now, recalling how the ancient iPad 2 was so limiting in its features. As the school year starts up again, a number of wee ones across the country will be tapping fancy iPads while their peers in neighboring states continue to scribble with their No. 2 pencils. The school district in Auburn, Maine is doing things differently. District administrators called this initiative "a revolution in education. " Educators also seem excited in South Carolina. "This is an amazing tool," third-grade teacher Kevin Rokey told The Post and Courier.
Many of these pilot programs are too young to have yielded results, and one can only speculate on the drawbacks of such initiatives. But worth it for whom? Morgan - More Productive Use of Technology in the ESL/EFL Classroom. The Internet TESL Journal Michael Morganmorganmj(at)udmercy.eduUniversity of Detroit Mercy (Detroit, Michigan, USA) The digital age challenges teachers to use technology in ways that facilitate language learning.
ESL/EFL teachers must decide how—and how not—to use technology in the classroom. This article examines the role of technology in the ESL/EFL classroom and offers three methods to help teachers meet their own English Language Teaching objectives. Introduction Bits (binary digits) can be used productively or unproductively in the ESL/EFL classroom. Buyer Beware It is not impossible to overload an ESL/EFL class with electronic information. Productive Use of Technology There are three strategies ESL/EFL teachers can follow to ensure that technology fits their needs. Investigate New Media A thorough investigation of a new medium may reveal a teaching tool that provides students with important bits of information or expose it as a needless communicative activity.
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