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Uses of technology in education
Technology has helped to expand the scope and depth of education across borders. Educational technology has enabled students to access more information and connect with more people than ever before. Learning can now be more individualized and students can access resources that will enable them to drive their own learning.
Educational technology has also served to support students who were once taken out of the classroom to receive individualized learning services. The need to accommodate students out of the classroom can be reduced as some tools can be employed directly in the classroom. Word processors for students with motor deficits and portable dictating machines for students with memory deficits are just two examples. Educational technology has accommodated students with severe physical disabilities in public schools. Computers can monitor eye gaze, detect a blink of an eye, respond to student breathing, and respond accordingly, thus allowing students to participate in classroom activities alongside their classmates.
No matter how one perceives the role of technology in the classroom (i.e. whether a mere tool, or an important medium), one fact remains clear: the ultimate value of the latest information communication technologies inside the classroom has been in its capacity to make available information in the hands of both students and educators in a matter incomprehensible to past generations.- In the current age we live in, technology has become an important component. Every day there is some new gadget or software that makes lives easier and improves on the technology and software that already exists. Making lives easier is not, however, the only role technology plays in our lives.
- Technology is playing an increasing role in education. As technology advances, it is used to benefit students of all ages in the learning process.
- Technology used in the classroom helps students adsorb the material. For example, since some people are visual learners, projection screens linked to computers can allow students to see their notes instead of simply listening to a teacher deliver a lecture.
- Software can be used to supplement class curriculum. The programs provide study questions, activities, and even tests and quizzes for a class that can help students continue learning outside the classroom.
- Technology has also become part of many curriculums, even outside of computer and technology classes. Students use computers to create presentations and use the Internet to research topics for papers and essays.
- Students also learn to use the technology available to them in computer and tech classes. This ensures that after graduation they will be able to use the technology in a work setting, which may put them ahead of someone who didn't have access to a particular technology or software in their own school setting.
- As technology advances, students have better access to educational opportunities like these. When something new and "better" is revealed, the "older" technology becomes more affordable, allowing it to be used in educational settings, even when schools are on a tight budget.
- There are people who may say children are "spoiled" by technology. Instead of being able to add a long column of numbers in their heads, for example, they turn to a calculator. Regardless of these arguments, technology is an important part of today's society. By incorporating it into the classroom, students will be better equipped to transition from the classroom to the work place.
- information from : http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Role-of-Technology-in-Education&id=1745666
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