Technology in Children Education
Technology in the Classroom:
Pasnik, director of the Center for Education and
Technology,
Helpful or Harmful?
Kids gravitate towards technology – If your
Educators
who
receive
new
technology must first learn how to use the
equipment and then decide whether or not it
supports the class objectives and curriculum.
child heads straight for the video games or
Facebook after school, you know what we are
For example, an instructor may restructure a
talking about. With a world of information at
lecture into a group activity, having students
their fingertips now days, it seems like kids
conduct
should be finding it easier than ever to succeed
understanding. With such a vast reference tool,
in school. However, as more classrooms invest
the students might pose questions that no one in
in the latest technology, test scores remain the
the class not even the teacher himself, can
same, bringing its effectiveness into question.
answer. Many teachers and schools choose to
Technology and Teaching
online
research
to
boost
their
avoid this situation by discouraging the use of
computers in a well-organized lesson. Their
“Incorporating technology into the classroom
latest shipment of Smart boards, ELMos, or
requires a double innovation,” says Shelley
iPads stays locked in a closet as they struggle to
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