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Breanne Crawford

Educational Leadership:Teaching Screenagers:Transforming Education with Technology - 1 views

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    This article addresses a lot of concerns and questions with technology in education. It talks about schools that have a device for every individual student as well as the challenge of students bringing their own devises from home. It also reiterates that teachers are very important in leading this shift into a more technological classroom and school environment and how teachers can learn also from each other and students. 
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    At first I didn't think I was going to find this article useful, but after reading through it, I really enjoyed it. I really like how it took a side that asked questions, but also addressed the concerns. I feel like this was a different way of examining the topic of educational technology.
Kellie Demmler

Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology - 0 views

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    This is the 2010 National Education Technology Plan summary.  While very broad, it does "Encourage states, districts, P-12 programs, and postsecondary education institutions to experiment with such resources as online learning, online tutoring and mentoring, games,  cognitive tutors, immersive environments, and participatory communities and social networks both within and across education institutions to give students guidance and  information about their own learning progress and strategies for seamless completion of a comprehensive P-16 education."
Ashleigh Clark

Report: Mobile Technology Boosts Learning, Engages Students, Teachers - 0 views

  • mobile devices with Internet connectivity are useful tools to improve learning and engage students and teachers.
  • Smart phones and tablets enable innovation and help students, teachers, and parents gain access to digital content and personalized assessment vital for a post-industrial world
  • Use of mobile phones, tablets, and other connected devices is growing, and mobile technology is becoming an important part of a student’s life. Wireless technology can dramatically improve learning and bring digital content to students who are already familiar and comfortable with the devices.
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  • Mobile devices, used in conjunction with near universal 4G/3G wireless connectivity, are essential tools to improve learning for students.
  • “always on, always connected mobile devices in the hands of students has the potential to dramatically improve educational outcomes.”
  • American education faces a number of different challenges including the need for better infrastructure, personalized content, embedded assessment, and professional development of teachers
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      If school districts enforced more use of technology we would be ok and heading on the right track.  There is just a lack of support of the use of technology in schools today.
  • Wireless technology enables, empowers, and engages learning in ways that transform the learning environment for students inside and outside of school. It provides new content and facilitates information access wherever a student is located
  • As a country, we need to educate the next generation of scientists, inventors, engineers, and entrepreneurs. Educating a workforce that is effective in a global context and adaptive as new jobs and roles evolve will help to support our economic growth. Mobile learning makes it possible to extend education beyond the physical confines of the classroom and beyond the fixed time periods of the school day. It allows students to access content from home, communicate with teachers, and work with other people online. The value of mobile devices is that they allow students to connect, communicate, collaborate and create using rich digital resources, according to paper.
    • Ashleigh Clark
       
      As a country, we need to support the use of technology in the schools.  If we do students are interacting with technology everyday and learning from it.  Also, learning how to use.  When they are ready to go out into the real world, then they have a glimpse on how to use technology.  Parents should also encourage students to use technology at home.
Cindi Bausum

Education technology: Catching on at last | The Economist - 0 views

  • The idea that technology can revolutionise education is not new. In the 20th century almost every new invention was supposed to have big implications for schools.
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      Technology is a growing importance in education
    • Cindi Bausum
       
      I agree that education is continually changing and technology is where we are seeing a lot of the rapid changes and developments.
  • Games get pupils more engaged, says Nt Etuk, the founder of DimensionU, which develops interactive games to teach mathematics and science. A lot of programming, design and artistry go into creating apps where students can compete with or assist each other, and which reward successful activity.
    • kristel coulter
       
      Playing games that are geared toward math and science helps to aid in the teaching concepts of these subjects
  • Persuading schools to buy is only the first step, though. America’s teaching unions fear a hidden agenda of replacing properly trained humans with some combination of technology and less qualified manpower, or possibly just technology. Unions have filed lawsuits to close down online charter schools, including what looks like a deliberately obtuse proposal to limit enrolment at such virtual schools to those who live in their districts.
    • kristel coulter
       
      Many teachers are trying to persuade schools to buy computers for their classroom
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  • In many classrooms, too, computers have been used to improve efficiency and keep pupils engaged. But they did not transform learning in the way their boosters predicted.
    • Lindsay Pasco
       
      There is always going to be room for improvement in the classroom. From the teacher to the technology.
  • wikis to podcasts to training videos, are allowing both children and adults to pursue education on their own, either instead of learning in schools or colleges or as a supplement.
  • Teaching programs that monitor children’s progress can change that, performing a role more like that of the private tutors and governesses employed long ago in wealthier households.
    • Cindi Bausum
       
      Technology has a great benefit of meeting individual children's needs.
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    This article is a good article to get some contrast on technology in schools. I think it is important to understand both sides.
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    This article is about how technology is used in the classroom to increase student growth. It also shows how technology can be used to make lessons fun.
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    I think it is a great idea to use technology to make the classroom less dull. Anything that helps the student become more interested in what is going on and is educational is a great tool for teachers.
Eddie Johnson

Technology in Schools Faces Questions on Value - 1 views

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    This article talks about technology transforming the classroom. It also talks about the benefits of having laptops and other technologies in the classroom.
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    This was an informative article about technology. It will be interesting to see how technology effects state scores for students as technology continues to be used more frequently in our schools.
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    It is interesting to see multiple viewpoints of technology in the classroom. To hear that technology is not as greatly affecting student learning is surprising to me. Although I feel that in many cases it isn't the concept that is flawed but the technology or techniques that are being used.
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