What are some of the advantages and challenges of integrating technology in the classroom?
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oh....Using technology based projects and things in my classroom have changed my style completely.  First of all, I use a lot of powerpoint when I lecture and using this means I can show movie clips, cartoons, pictures...anything that relates well with my subject area.  (I teach history) We also do a lot more research, so my students are learning to become careful, thorough researchers.  I use the internet to provide interactive study guides, online quizzes, etc. for them at home.  On review days, we have a huge Jeopardy game that comes up on the digital projector - they get so excited that they end up jumping around and studying for the REVIEW a week in advance.  I have a website that allows my students access to lessons, projects, deadlines, etc, making them more responsible and goal oriented.  AND my school has a great program that catches plagarism on papers, so although I hate that I have, I've caught students cheating and hopefully caught them early enough for them to realize the need for honesty and hard work.\n\nI like hands on learning and I find that computers and technology allow them the opportunities to express themselves and learn in a more...relaxed, enjoyable setting.  I've found in the last little while that students are doing better in class as they get more involved in technology=based learning.\n\nChallenges...sometimes it's hard to intergrate things.  Sometimes my students have to suck it up and learn by lecture.  I think it overstimulates sometimes, so I try for a good balance.  um.  Resources is a big challenge.  Digital projectors are EXPENSIVE.  \n\nCan't really think of many challenges - I'm blessed with a very well equipped, technology friendly school.
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I would not be so sure. You have obviously made a good case for the pros of the set up. But I believe that students at an impressionable age lack the determination to sit through an internet session and learn something from it.\nThe very way teaching is conducted, empahsizes on serious taxation of the brain and I can much imagine the current crop of students, already suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder to not make much sense of such a course.\n\nMaking them sit through the course in a class may just work better
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One positive aspect is that computers can help us build new knowledge, share it with the world and communicate ideas, feelings, emotions, etc.\n\n  One negative aspect is that some people are co-dependent, they do depend too much in the "artificial intelligence", this means some simple operations are hard to do without the computer.\n\n   Another aspect that is positive is that computers make us free in the world, we can find different cultures and learn from them.\n\n   Another neg. aspect is that could harm eyes, produce some radiation but there are ways to prevent this.
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The greater availability of low-cost pcs will change the way computers are used in school for one simple reason.  They will be widely used in schools.  It is amazing that basic computer skills are still not taught in most american schools, but it is also try throughout the world.  Some guy at MIT is on the verge of mass producing a laptop that will cost about $100 per unit and will be distributed worldwide to schools.  This will allow people in the poorest areas of the world to have access to encyclopedia and other reference books that would otherwise never be available to them.  These machines will also be distinctively designed so as to reduce their value on the black market, because people will know they were stolen from school children.  The quality of education will increase dramatically and all of society will benefit as a result.
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Education technique and tools in Philippines are way behind from other countries like U.S, etc. The effectivity is not enough supply for the future generation because of lack of high technology. Teachers are not knowledgeable enough to discuss about new technologies and their usage because no enough tools to learn about.
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Teacher - mobile phones are a real problem in the classroom as they text each other constantly.  They cause lack of concentration for the pupil using it and it distracts others round them.\n\nMany schools in the UK have banned the use of them and have  (or are supposed to be) turned off during school time and they can be confiscated temporarily if they break this rule.\n\nThey can also be used a media for bullying and kids can get the phones stolen.  They really aren't a necessity for school life.
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Well we studied the use of PODS in my secondary reading class for credentialing. And basically it is when students are grouped in either teacher designated or student led groups with their tables facing one another, yet still have the accessibility to facing the front. \n\nThe benefits of this method are with group work, each pod can work on in class activities together in a cooperative way, and each member of the group can be assigned a role, such as group leader  who can monitor and keep track of the group discussions and activities, and the roles can be switched per week. It allows students to be accountable to each other for learning the material, since the teacher can assign points to each pod for good behavior and finishing the activities on time, and getting their homework done on time too. It fosters reliance on the other students to be accountable for their work so they can receive these incentives from the teacher. \n\nThe teacher then opens up opportunities for social and cognitive development for the students because student interaction is encouraged. The teacher benefits from this method because not only is she/he able to deliver the instruction to the students in teacher centered lecture activities, but also the students can clarify the concepts and instructions of the teacher amongst their own groups. Dependence on the other students creates a sort of community within the classroom and allows students to be respectful of the learning that goes on with the other members in their class.
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Do demonstrations! For volume, for example, you can show a cone has a third the volume of a cylinder with the same radius by pouring water from a cone to the cylinder. Most students guess that the volumes are about the same and it's a demonstration that sticks in their minds. \n\nAnything outside of the classroom is great (if you can do that). Interactive stuff is always good. Get them to estimate the area of the basketball court or other playing surface. Or figure out how many people you could fill your classroom with if they were all lined up lying down.
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Benefits for students would be learning higher level material and being tested on it.  Also, they can sometimes get college credit so that they don't have to take the same class in college.  Most of the time, the high school AP is much easier than the college class.\n\nTeachers actually have to teach instead of just slacking off because their students will fail the AP miserably if they don't teach well.  For this reason, many not-so-great teachers try to avoid teaching AP classes.\n\nSchools would get a better feel for how well the students might actually do for college material.
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More reliant on computers and internet. Teachers are lazy so they use websites and computer programs to teach for them.
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Explain the situation to the school computer administrator.  It is probably one of the technology teachers.\n\nIf that doesn't work, use a computer in the public library.
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1. The learning climate. resources, comfort, confidence to make mistakes.\n2. the students learning style, Visual auditory or kinasthetic. Tasks that suit their learning style.\n3.Subject matter that is interesting and relevant.\n4. Inclusion. Students have the opportunity to access the curriculum what ever their need.\n\nIf you elaborate more on the question, I can help more.
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* Easier understandablity of the subject . \n* Attractive portray of important points \n* Makes learning a lot more fun and entertaining\n* Takes away the monotony of boards and chalk pieces\n* Adds a lot of colour to the subject and in the manner of       presentation. So your mind  is always kept interested\n* you can even add sound if u want\n\nSo i think u can now guess why its so important . Dont u !!!
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I have some news for you: the government may send you to college FOR FREE if you decide to become a teacher in a high-need area (like reading or "Exceptional Student Education").  Technology is becoming more prevalent in the classrooms (PowerPoint notes, "smart boards", Bluetooth write-pads, etc.), so you could probably match your love of teaching with your love of computers.
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Yeah, they're a pain, but they help people bring some of the ideas of a subject together, help the teacher determine the effort of the student and effectiveness the class. It also helps determine where students abilities lie and helps identify potential fields of work. Finally, it helps determine whether the person is college material and what type of college they should attend. Of course a lot of people say this is pigeon holing, but over-all the system works okay, and a better more efficient system hasn't been proven to accomplish these functions.
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I agree that in K -- 8 schools it would be rather difficult to replace teachers with technology. I don't see how a computer can tie shoes, wipe noses, put on band aids, etc. Oh! To say nothing of the fact that any vocabulary that is retained from those years is because of emotional connections made with those words. I don't see the computer being helpful in that regard. Is the computer going to pat the student's shoulder and pass out tissues when a student fails a test? Is the computer going to set time aside to talk to the students about the fact that "Jimmy's" mom died, and he won't be back to school for a while? Is the computer going to go outside with the kids and show them how to measure the telephone pole, tree, etc. using geometry and ratios? Teachers not only teach math, reading, science, Etc.,  but they also pass along the culture of the societies in which they teach. We'd be giving up a lot if we gave up human teachers.
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information technology, teaching technology, instructional technology, assistive technology, medical technology,