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Introduction
The technology available to students today is simply amazing. Today’s students need to know how to use technology for their future. Technology is just a tool to help students learn how to solve problems and more.
Using technology to engage students also helps them master the learning process. When the integration of technology into the classroom is smooth and thoughtful, students not only become more engaged, but also take better control of their learning. When students are comfortable learning new technologies, they are better able to adapt to technological change.
How Technology Helps Students?
Technology enables students to learn in many ways and find the method that best suits their needs. What technology does, and does very well, is making educational materials more accessible, equitable, modern, and more user-friendly.
Technology should not be used simply to entertain students or take on outside roles for learning purposes. Technology can be a tool for a rewarding educational experience, but make sure its use is in line with specific educational goals. Technology must be used for practical purposes, i.e. to take the fundamentals and technologies learned in a semester and apply them to the final project, where creativity and uniqueness are sought after and rewarded.
As you can see, technology is comprehensively preparing students for the future. Our students are constantly immersed in technology, but that doesn’t mean they know how to use it to learn. We can’t even assume our students know how to use it responsibly.
How technology can be used in schools?
Most of the technology assigned to students belongs to the school, so they need to know how to take care of these devices. Students are accustomed to bringing personal devices into the classroom, asking teachers if they allow students to use technology in the classroom, and if so, to what extent. There are students who cannot afford a personal computer at home and have to rely on technology in their schools or local libraries.
Using Digital Textbooks
One reason for not using laptops is that some students may have learning difficulties or other devices that allow them to take notes on the computer much more effectively. Educators should also consider whether banning technology conflicts with student access to a textbook in the classroom, as some students will prefer a digital textbook, which is often cheaper than a paper textbook. Banning technology in the classroom would require a student with documented housing to avoid such a ban, which would create an opportunity to expose an invisible stigma. It is against the law and immoral to prevent students who own housing from using legal technology in the classroom.
Use of Technology in the Classroom
Proponents of such technologies point out that some technologies can improve classroom performance and that technology bans can reduce the performance of students with learning difficulties and ostracize them. Some argue that the classroom can prepare students to work in an abundance of potentially distracting technology. There is ample evidence that the use of technology in the classroom can be distracting, thereby hindering learning.
How can technology improve the quality of teaching and learning?
Even with limited access, careful planning, some risk, and an open mind, teachers can successfully use technology to improve the quality of teaching and learning for their students. By taking small steps, teachers can begin to reap the benefits that technology can bring to their teaching and student learning.
If you are a teacher in a situation where technology has been thrown at you without professional development, be grateful for the new tools you have at your fingertips and then do your best to learn, how they can transform and improve your teaching and have a positive impact on student learning.
Use of technology in companies
Observing how other successful companies use technology can give you insight into the introduction of new technologies in your workplace. Joining a professional organization can be a great way to keep up to date with new technologies that directly impact your industry. In addition to influencers, you can follow the accounts of industry and technology companies to learn about new technologies.
For a more balanced approach, you can get news from technical publications and technology news sites on the Internet. Whether you’re programming, building products, or dealing with clients, keeping up with technology can help you improve your efficiency. Not only use PowerPoint in the classroom but understand how technology can be used to effectively reach the most people.
Use of key Technical tools
The use of key technical tools, especially quiz tools, can also have cognitive benefits. Without some kind of technological help, it can be difficult to use focus in the classroom. Teachers and students have told me which technologies work well, and I would recommend more use of them in the Virtual College.
It will take a lot of effort for both parties, both students and teachers, to effectively learn and use technology. Making learning a priority is an important part of keeping up with technology. The hardest part of using technology is often getting it to teachers and students, and that’s what the IT staff does.
Failure of traditional teaching methods
Technology is advancing so rapidly now that traditional teaching methods fail to allow students and teachers to reach their full potential. New technologies are helping children take control of their education in unprecedented ways, such as taking responsibility for their own attendance or overcoming disability barriers. But I think we can agree that technology is too much. After all, at a fundamental level, anything students use to enhance learning—chalk, paper airplanes, protractors, Play-Doh—can be considered educational technology by students. While it may be tempting to use technology to change a student’s desire to learn, the key question is whether this serves your express purpose.
One of the most exciting aspects of bringing technology into your classroom and into the hands of your students is the greater opportunity for timely and meaningful feedback.
FAQs
Q. How to reduce technology use?
Ans: We can reduce technology use in the ways mentioned below:
- Choose Outdoor Activities Over Technology
- Rearrange the Family Room Furniture
- Limit Social Media Use
- Set Aside Reading Time
- Create Projects for Yourself
Can we live without computers?
Many people could live without their computers, but life would be difficult, at best. Remember, our cell phone is also a computer, so we’d have to live without it or any of the phone numbers it contains. That means no texting or “tweeting,” either. So, it’s really a difficult life without computers or technology.
Is technology a need or want?
In today's era technology is not just a want, it's a need, it satisfies our needs that are necessitated by human conditions or human choices.
