EdTech Meets Needs of Diverse Learners EducationWorld is pleased to present this article by Brad Currie (below), Diane Basanese and Erika Rosamilia, educators at Black River Middle School in Chester, NJ. We now live in a world full of tremendous technology that can inspire collaboration and innovation. To prepare students for the 21st century, teachers must foster an autonomous learning environment where risk-taking is commonplace. Technology, coupled with sound pedagogy, allows students to experience the kind of education that was previously unimaginable. At our school, we are constantly encouraging teachers and students to take risks with technology--in particular, leveraging the power of available digital tools and devices to meet the needs of diverse learners. Two teachers in particular, Mrs. Make a Rainbow in Your Classroom In Mrs. Over time, Mrs. Mrs. Making each student an engaged contributor to the big picture really enabled them to own their learning. Students Sometimes Learn Best from Peers
What is the future of technology in education? | Teacher Network A couple of weeks ago I was asked what I thought the future of technology in education was. It is a really interesting question and one that I am required to think about all the time. By its very nature, technology changes at a fast pace and making it accessible to pupils, teachers and other stakeholders is an ongoing challenge. So what is the future? Is it the iPad? No, I don't think it is. iPads and other mobile technology are the 'now'. The future is about access, anywhere learning and collaboration, both locally and globally. For me the future of technology in education is the cloud. Technology can often be a barrier to teaching and learning. Schools, will only need one major thing to be prepared for the future. We don't know what the new 'in' device will be in the future. This should be happening now. Teachers can use the cloud to set, collect and grade work online. This is where devices come in. School classrooms are going to change. With the cloud, the world will be our classroom.
Types of Technology Used In The Classroom - Use of Technology Technology includes physical and process applied science that can be incorporated into a project. After learning the use of technology in the classroom in the previous articles, let’s go in details and learn various types of technologies that are being used in the classroom. You might be familiar with most of these technologies. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. notes 10 Benefits of Technology in the Classroom - Centre Technologies Technology in the classroom used to involve playing Oregon Trail on one of the four available PC’s in the “computer lab.” The 21st Century has made great strides since then, and children today have unprecedented technology tools at their disposal. Despite the positive trends towards adopting technology in the classroom, the full menu of technology is still not universally available to all students. Many schools struggle with nearly-crippling budget cuts and teacher shortages, and some have had to make difficult choices. Using technology at school has become an important talking point across all campuses from K-12, an on through higher education. This article will explore the importance of technology in the classroom. 10 Benefits of Technology in the Classroom 1. A PBS teacher survey found that teachers like and support technology in the classroom. 2. The Internet gives students instant access to answers beyond what’s in their textbooks. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Additional Resources
Classroom of 2020: The future is very different than you think Imagine: you wake up at 9:23 a.m. one September morning in 2020. Your alarm failed to sound and now you're late. But don't fret. Your commute to school consists of carrying your laptop to the kitchen table. No need for a back-to-school outfit, as you settle in wearing pyjamas. When you load today's lecture video you don't see your professor; instead, a classmate appears on the screen. Your classmate uses the word "atavistic" and you pause the lecture to look it up. Story continues below advertisement After a while, your eyes wander to the window. If the above seems like a far-fetched prediction of what a classroom might be like in 2020, you're behind the times. This is the brave new world of higher education, where students teach professors, technology enables digital note-passing and online courses enroll thousands of students. Vogt is an admitted futurist attracted to mobile technology's educational possibilities, in part, because of his interest in science fiction.
Technology Trends in the Classroom - How will future technology change the classroom? | HowStuffWorks To see the future of technology in the classroom -- and how it will change the way classes look -- we should probably start with college. Although we can't predict how technology will change, we can make some assumptions about how it will trickle down. Of course, university students are now almost uniformly armed with laptops. But they also often work with Learning Management Systems like Blackboard to post papers, receive instructions or discuss assignments or lectures. This is already starting to show up in lower grades; not just to monitor school work, but to allow parents to keep up and keep tabs on students' grades, homework and progress. This speaks to a larger trend that technology might lead to in the future. As Dede and Richards point out, our classrooms don't lack content.
How will future technology change the classroom? | HowStuffWorks When people not born in this generation hear the phrase "technology in the classroom," they might conjure up images of kids playing "Oregon Trail" on an Apple 2G in the corner. If you're of my generation -- that is, ten years out of high school -- you still remember how exciting it was when those gigantic laser discs showed up in school one day. Well, the excitement was short-lived. Whereas it used to be that technology was a curiosity in the classroom, schools are now acknowledged as (or at least aspire to be) the vanguards of new resources. In 2009, the ratio of computers to students was roughly 5 to 1 in American classrooms [source: NCES]. But aside from just adding quantity to the classroom, how is the rapidity of technological change affecting the way classes are taught, students are engaged and teachers use material? With that said, let's go to the next page, where we'll explore some ways technology is leading the educational experience to change.