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Technology in the Classroom: Helpful or Harmful? | Education.com - 2 views

  • An interactive game is more engaging than a book, so technology often promotes more practice and review in areas requiring memorization, such as spelling, math and geography. This frees up time in the classroom so educators can focus on skills like problem solving, character development and critical thinking.
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      Good way to provide intervention to a small group that is struggling on a specific skill. Allow those that mastered the skill to have a "personalized experience" with technology while the teacher intervenes with others. 
  • educational technology extends the school day for kids who will happily play multiplication games or review grammar on computer programs.
  • it seems like kids should be finding it easier than ever to succeed in school. However, as more classrooms invest in the latest technology, test scores remain the same, bringing its effectiveness into questio
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      How often should digital classrooms incorporate technology into the lesson when you have a standardized test that is paper based? Won't students become too dependent on technology that it will affect their test scores? 
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Discussion Forums and How They Enhance Learning - 5 views

technology education classroom teaching web2.0 Discussion
started by celinafdz on 09 Feb 15 no follow-up yet
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    The discussion board is a great tool used to increase and ensure class communication and interaction. Among other benefits it provides all students with an opportunity to participate. Traditional classroom discussions very easily change topic without having complete participation from all students. My students would definitely benefit from the discussion board in my classroom. I would first use it by posting open ended questions to our weekly reading. My students are young but it is a great way to promote critical thinking when our basal reader does not.
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