In this time and age, technology is everywhere. Wherever we look, we will find ourselves surrounded by technologies. We use it every day for work or our daily needs. So the question is, why not use it for our studies as well. On this page, I will talk about how the technology and its uses have evolved and how we can use this to our advantage towards studies.
This short animated video talks about the advantages of technology in education. It gives many benefits to using technology like promoting independent learning for students, easier access to information, finding exciting ways to educate students, and broaden the mind.
News article showing the outcome of technology in school
https://www.educationdive.com/news/gallup-pairing-creativity-tech-boosts-student-outcomes/566082/
This article talks about how technology boosts students learning outcomes. The article talks about technology opening new possibilities for teachers to deliver information. Teachers and students both need to do their share of work in school. The work they have to do, both teachers and students, can be simplified tremendously if technology gets involved in it. As time moves forward, we are evolving, with new ideas and ways of things we do. So why should we not put the advancement that we have come to into schooling as well? It would be better if the children learn the proper use of technology right from the beginning rather than come out of school with little to no knowledge about how to use it.
List of books that talk about the advantages of technology in education.
- Integrating Technology in the Classroom: Tools to Meet the Need of Every Student – Boni Hamilton
- Empowering Students With Technology – Alan C. November
- Enhancing the Art & Science of Teaching With Technology – Sonny Magana
A professional organization:
https://www.educationsuperhighway.org
Education Superhighway is a non-profit organization that “believes in the promise of digital learning opportunities and advocates for all students to have equal access to education opportunity” (Murray, 2016). They believe that there is a connectivity gap between the students and the internet in public schools due to the lack of internet access. Their approach to closing this connectivity gap is:
- Get Wi-Fi in every classroom
- Ensure scalable infrastructure for every school
- Make broadband more affordable
More than 100 experts share their thoughts on the future of education
https://www.theedadvocate.org/106-experts-share-their-thoughts-k12on-the-future-of-education-prek12/
This article puts together a list of comments given by experts regarding the integration of technologies in education. The experts on that list vary in position, some of them are education programs leads, education consultants, educational technologists, technology integration specialists, and more. Despite that position difference, all of the experts say the same thing, technology should be integerated into our education system. It would be a waste not to.