Technology In The Classroom

Over the past two decade technology has tremendously affected classroom instruction. As technology becomes more in more important in society teachers are giving the task of not only teaching students how to use technology, but also having them practice it during lessons. When I was in elementary school we only use calculators, tape recorder, and rarely used dial-up computers. Classroom today computer are an essential part of instruction. Not only are computer important but also iPad, smartboards, ELMOs, scientific calculators, etc. Teacher have to be proficient enough in using this equipment in order to teacher their students so they can be able to use in the students future careers. As a result, teacher have hard time effectively incorporating the various types of technology into curriculum planning. Despite the challenges technology offers interactive engaging and promotes more practice and reviewing in different content areas. Technology also focus on the skills like problem solving, character development and critical thinking.

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