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The importance of technology in education

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Technology provides many opportunities for education by giving students access to vast amounts of information to support faster learning. It allows students to communicate and collaborate globally while staying engaged through interactive tools. Integrating technology prepares students for their future careers and encourages lifelong learning through new approaches that incorporate tools familiar to students. While technology creates challenges for schools, it makes the classroom a happier place where students are excited to learn and take more control over their education.

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IMPORTANCE OF TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION M-F (10:30-11:30) BY: PATRICE JOANNE A. BONGCARAS
TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION •The rapid and constant pace of change in technology is creating both opportunities and challenges for schools. •The opportunities include greater access to rich, multimedia content, the increasing use of online coursetaking to offer classes not otherwise available, the widespread availability of mobile computing devices that can access the Internet, the expanding role of social networking tools for learning and professional development, and the growing interest in the power of digital games for more personalized learning.
•Technology gives students immediate access to an abundance of quality information which leads to learning at much quicker rates than before. •They can communicate with others across the world in an instant, meet the shortcomings of their work, refine it and provide their students with the best. •It gives students the chance to interact with their classmates more by encouraging collaboration.
•Technology in education everyday helps students stay engaged. Today’s students love technology so they are sure to be interested in learning if they can use the tools they love. •Students become more responsible. Technology helps students take more control over their own learning. They learn how to make their own decisions and actually think for themselves. •It help to prepare students for their future careers, which will inevitably include the use of wireless technology.
• We are going to engage our students in the class discussions and the lectures, we need to be doing this engagement with the technologies they are familiar with. • In the past, learning and education simply meant face-to-face lectures, reading books or printed handouts, taking notes and completing assignments generally in the form of answering questions or writing essays. In short; education, learning and teaching were considered impossible without a teacher, books and chalkboards.
•Students engaged lifelong learning requires new approaches to education that incorporate technologies increasingly a part of students’ everyday lives. • It engages and challenges students with brand new and interactive methods. •Students can work and collaborate with people in other locations. Distance learners can join online communities.
•With technology, the classroom is a happier place. Students are excited about being able to use technology and therefore are more apt to learn. •With technology in the classroom the teacher becomes the encourager, adviser, and coach. •Student can have access to digital textbooks that are constantly updated and often more vivid, helpful, creative, and a lot cheaper than those old heavy books.

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The importance of technology in education

  • 1. IMPORTANCE OF TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION M-F (10:30-11:30) BY: PATRICE JOANNE A. BONGCARAS
  • 2. TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION •The rapid and constant pace of change in technology is creating both opportunities and challenges for schools. •The opportunities include greater access to rich, multimedia content, the increasing use of online coursetaking to offer classes not otherwise available, the widespread availability of mobile computing devices that can access the Internet, the expanding role of social networking tools for learning and professional development, and the growing interest in the power of digital games for more personalized learning.
  • 3. •Technology gives students immediate access to an abundance of quality information which leads to learning at much quicker rates than before. •They can communicate with others across the world in an instant, meet the shortcomings of their work, refine it and provide their students with the best. •It gives students the chance to interact with their classmates more by encouraging collaboration.
  • 4. •Technology in education everyday helps students stay engaged. Today’s students love technology so they are sure to be interested in learning if they can use the tools they love. •Students become more responsible. Technology helps students take more control over their own learning. They learn how to make their own decisions and actually think for themselves. •It help to prepare students for their future careers, which will inevitably include the use of wireless technology.
  • 5. • We are going to engage our students in the class discussions and the lectures, we need to be doing this engagement with the technologies they are familiar with. • In the past, learning and education simply meant face-to-face lectures, reading books or printed handouts, taking notes and completing assignments generally in the form of answering questions or writing essays. In short; education, learning and teaching were considered impossible without a teacher, books and chalkboards.
  • 6. •Students engaged lifelong learning requires new approaches to education that incorporate technologies increasingly a part of students’ everyday lives. • It engages and challenges students with brand new and interactive methods. •Students can work and collaborate with people in other locations. Distance learners can join online communities.
  • 7. •With technology, the classroom is a happier place. Students are excited about being able to use technology and therefore are more apt to learn. •With technology in the classroom the teacher becomes the encourager, adviser, and coach. •Student can have access to digital textbooks that are constantly updated and often more vivid, helpful, creative, and a lot cheaper than those old heavy books.