Technology As A Tool For Technology

The World Wide Web had revitalized education by making it easier, and more efficient to teach. Before the creation of the Internet, the most popular and widely used way of teaching was mainly with books and lectures, limiting the speed and efficiency of information to learn, while also limiting the number of units given in a school year. With the Internet, teachers were able to discover and teach topics easily, leading to quicker lessons and topics as they use the web browser and online sources to benefit the speed of the lessons as well as better the students in different ways to educate. In addition to teachers using the Internet, students also greatly used it to help with homework, to fully understand a topic, to help with projects, and to communicate with their teachers. In a study from Pew Internet & American Life Project over students and their interaction with the

The author of the article “Benefits of Technology in the Classroom” is, Janelle cox an educational writer, who has 15 years of professional experience and knowledge in the education system in the online learning environment. As a trained educational professional, she uses her experience and knowledge to provide creative and original writing in the field of education.The authors main idea in this article is that technology is moving through the 21st century classroom and becoming more and more predominant, this widespread of technology has completely changed how teachers teach and students learn. Educators also recognize the importance of developing these technological skills in students so they will be prepared to enter the workforce once they

"The Kaiser Family Foundation last year found that school-age kids spend an average of 7 1/2 hours a day in front of a television, a smartphone, or another digital device"(Rosen).

With technology growing at a rapid rate, it has nearly consumed everyone’s lives, especially students. The National School Boards Association says, “Almost 60% of students who use social networking talk about education topics online and more than 50% talk specifically about schoolwork” (“Creating & Connecting” 1). There are more online colleges than ever before. Businesses are communicating via live computer conference calls on opposite ends of the earth. In addition, schools are introducing computer enriched assignments as early as elementary. According to research done by the National School Boards Association, “Nearly all school districts (96%) say that at least some of their teachers assign homework that requires internet use” (“Creating

Technology in the classroom is important for teachers, parents, and students alike, because technology use has become a necessary skill for survival in today’s vastly expanding technology driven global economy. Research has shown an increase in student’s success rates when exposed to technology in the classroom. Also technology has opened lines of communication between educators and parents to keep students on track, and help teachers educate better.

Although the use of technology in classrooms does not mean that teachers, rather than have a lecture with their students will simply tell the students what it is they need to do online and then let’s say, proceed to complete an assignment online also, it is what many teachers have taken

Technology is developing in new ways every day. We went from just making calls on our cellular phones to surfing the internet and video chatting with someone 2000 miles away anywhere at anytime we want. Technology is advancing in so many ways; we are depending on it more every day for things we did not know could be possible, such as teaching and learning. In Ellen Laird’s article “I’m Your Teacher, Not Your Internet-Service Provider”, Laird lays out her laundry list of disadvantages of being an online teacher. She talks about the ways online students take advantage of taking a class online as to a traditional class. Laird mentions the difference of both online and traditional teaching, “If faculty members, whether well established or new, are to succeed in online teaching, they must be prepared for attitudes and behaviors that permeate Web use but undermine teaching and learning in the Web classroom” (Laird 4). On the other hand, Sugata Mitra talks about technology proudly. In Mitra’s TED Talk “Build a School in the Cloud”, Mitra talks about the great things technology has done. He talks about his research with technology as he places a computer around children that do not speak English. After a couple of months with the computer, the children master how to work on the computer and learn English just by visiting the computer every day. Learning is not challenging with the help of technology, “I think what we need to look at is we

Students over the past decade have been attached to technology, such as phones, and computers, more than ever before. However, most schools are not taking advantage of the technological support that could be implemented to the students’ academic lives. The schools that have found programs to assist the students, are not that effective, because even though the students have access to the internet, and computers, the students are not aware of the endless online tools that could help them. Therefore, the education system needs to attach technology to schooling, and support for the technology being added.

By the early 2000s, however, both classroom computer programs and online schooling became the popular means of providing quality education (“Technology and Education”). As technology becomes a more and more prevalent addition to classrooms today, the debate on whether technology is effective continues. Educational institutions, ranging from elementary schools to universities, are implementing online lessons, interactive computer programs, and computers into the everyday classroom environment. As technological development continues, researchers discover more and more ways to apply technology to the benefit of every type of student. Technology is not only positively changing the way students learn and research, but is additionally allowing students who were previously unintegrated into the mainstream classroom to not only join in, but also excel both socially and academically.

Through the years education has evolved with technology. Technology has changed the way students are educated. Distant learning gave education opportunity to

Distance learning (education) has become an integral part of the education process over the past few decades and is growing in popularity as technology advances.(Willis 1992) describes distance education (as) "the organizational framework andprocess of providing instruction at a distance. Distance education takes place when ateacher and student(s) are physically separated, and technology…(is) used to bridge theinstruction gap." (Coutts 1996). Furthermore, "distance learning activities are designedto fit the specific context for learning, the nature of the subject matter; intended learningoutcomes, needs and goals of the learner, the learner's environment and the instructional echnologies and methods." (American

Distance education is any academic learning method that lets the teacher and the student participate and communicate in a convenient manner, while sometimes in different places and sometimes at different times. The distance education concept has allowed a diverse set of individuals to continue their education, whether it is for personal or professional satisfaction. The teacher is still able to create, design, and plan with goals and objectives, and the student is able to learn and experience through the distance (Davey, 1999). Another word that is associated with distance learning is multimedia. With the use of multimedia, the learning is

Today 's generation relies so much on technology that it has now been incorporated into the schools curriculum. What we once knew and have learned by using school books, is now being taught strictly electronic communication. Although the online environment learning can be utilized to enhance classroom lessons, doesn 't mean it should come a main source of teaching. Schools around the nation has remove the use of textbooks and worksheet from the classroom it is a known fact that all learners don 't comprehend through the same techniques and or methods. Some students need the traditional method or individual attention.

I think it goes without saying, but technology has fundamentally changed our world. It has not only altered human communication, but has created a new form of communication as well. Becoming more and more apparent in modern life is the fact that we are communicating with technology itself in a multitude of different ways. The new, complicated relationship between individual humans and elements of technology has been an emerging topic for many communications theorists. In this essay, I will be taking two well-held theories dealing with communication between humans and technology, and then applying it to experiences I have had in my life.

Technology has proved itself do the unexpected for millions of people worldwide. Microsoft has used advertisements to advance their technology in various ways. This commercial, that came out during the super bowl, opens with the former NFL player, Steve Gleason using Microsoft, a form of technology to help his fatal illness, ALS. This commercial also stresses how technology is helpful to people in all aspects of life. It shows how technology has the power to unite people by opening up the way to communicate face to face over long distances. Technology can inspire people to do astonishing things, including giving people who don’t have a leg or arm the ability to carry out life’s necessities with a prosthetic limb or even going to the moon