10 | JADE
HELEN MILLWARD
Technology
‘When it comes to implementing new technology into the
classroom, teachers often have one of two responses: Their initial
reaction is either “Oh no!” or “Oh wow!”’ (Stanfield, 2013:34).
However, if ‘Providing teachers with flexibility to try new concepts
and ideas motivates, empowers, and challenges them to become
better educators who are equipped with new skills to engage their
students in learning’ (Stanfield, 2013:35), then technology is a tool
we must make use of in the quest for techniques to aid in student
engagement.
A diversified student population brings to the fore a need for
increasingly inclusive teaching