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Technology In Education
There is just no escaping the all-pervasive impact of technology in
our lives. While it may be close to second skin for us modern-day
working adults, how can schools integrate it into the teaching-learning
process, in ways that make it meaningful and enriching to students?
- Trustees/Board support at School
The number of schools that have integrated computers into education is an indicator of the significance of technology. Most schools run a computer education programme as part of their syllabus. However, for schools that have yet to implement technological initiatives and to succeed, they first need implicit support from their management and trustees.
- Freedom to experiment
Once the management and trustees are convinced, teachers need
to be given leverage to handle and present technology to their
students to the best of their ability. Numerous organisations
vie with one another to offer training programmes to educators
on tackling technology. With this powerful tool, encouragement
and support, teachers can look to becoming better educators than
ever before.
- Setting the Curriculum
Teacher involvement is necessary even when management/trustees decide what aspects of the syllabus can be best taught using technology aided lessons. There are several e-learning companies providing curriculum mapped content to schools for a price. These lessons are interactive and user friendly, making both teaching and learning a fun experience.
- Constant Upgrade
Technology is constantly being upgraded both in terms of hardware and software. It therefore throws up numerous possibilities for teachers to improve their presentation skills, cater to a wider audience of learning styles, and make their lessons more interactive and interesting.
There are several arguments to integrating technology in education.
Most important of them being that we need to move with the times and
expose new learners to world-class standards of education. Teachers
too benefit, not only personally - by having access to more information
via the Internet and multimedia - but also professionally by becoming
better educators. And schools register improved performance and grades
by students while acquiring more tech-savvy methods of education.
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