As I mentioned in the previous sections, the use of ICT technology in teaching and learning is expanding rapidly in this twenty-first century. As a result of that, studies about the importance of ICT technology in teaching and learning are also appearing in a growing numbers. Previous research shows that the use of technologies, particularly the new ones could “facilitate communication, reduce anxiety, encourage oral discussion, develop the writing/thinking connection, nurture social or cooperative learning, promote egalitarian class structures, enhance student motivation, facilitate cross-cultural awareness, and improve writing skills” Yang & Chen (2007, p.2) . In light of these positive effects, an increasing number of scholars have examined the importance of ICT in teaching and learning.
It’s important to know that many scholars admit how essential ICT in providing opportunities for students to learn and to operate in an information era. It was clear , as Yelland (2001) has pointed out that traditional educational environments are not appropriate for preparing learners to function or be productive in the workplaces of today’s society (ac cited in Bingimals 2009). For Yelland ICT become an necessity for the teachers, for the help that can afford to students in solving problems, and decision making .All This implies the fact that ICT is important for fast and easy learning in process, store and disseminate information, and as a result students develop cognitive skills to
In “Unplugged: The Myth of Computers in the Classroom,” David Gelernter suggests the limit of technology use in the classroom. Over that past several years, technology has advanced quite a bit. This new outbreak of technology is beneficial in some ways but Gelernter feels that technology is replacing the ways of teaching. He sees the significance of the subject and offers much visual analysis which helps the reader take more caution in using technology while in the classroom. Gelernter feels that technology builds a wall that enables students to build strong, basic skills.
al.). Whether we like it or not, technology is here, and here to stay, so it is imperative that students are allowed to use it freely in the classroom, “78 percent of students believe the internet helps them with school work” (Lenhart, et. al.) indicating that students are not simply using the internet for their personal pleasure, they are using it to better themselves in their education. Technology is here, and here to stay, students everywhere are using it, and for even less than half of the schools in the United states to believe that it is causing their students to be in a “cave”, it would give those students an unfair disadvantage in life after high school because they would lack the skills necessary in the current work force.
“Teaching in the Internet age means we must teach tomorrow’s skills today. ” declare Jennifer Fleming, a professor of a technological institute. It is believed that having the opportunity and chance to use technology while studying brings more excitement to education. Over these past five years, students and teachers have respectively been able to receive and provide education in its most advanced ways thanks to technology. In “Virtual Students, Digital classrooms”, Neil Postman argues that technology is just another tool that makes school be obsolete and affirms that it has more disadvantages than advantages on education.
Technology has transformed Writing Exceedingly Technology I will address my point of view or opinion on students using technology in the classroom. The author of this article is Wendy Leibowitz and the title is “How Technology transforms Writing and the Teaching of Writing. The central idea of her essay is that college professors think technology is ruining students by not teaching them the benefits of pen and paper. In response to the article about how technology affects students negatively, I disagree with technology not helping students with essays and, I agree with technology connecting people all over the world to become better writers.
Computers in school and educational institutions made the process of teaching and learning easier and pleasurable. Providing education for students beyond the walls of educational institutions will be very efficient and effective, because it gives students the opportunity to learn from different sources and different perspective, which will later, will enhance their life experience. In the past, communication between the teacher and the student existed only in classrooms. Now, through internet students can communicate with their teachers outside the classrooms and get information without face to face education. Therefore, students can communicate with their teachers in an easy and fast way.
Dian Schaffhauser in an article entitled Worldwide Study: Students 'Who Use Computers Frequently in School Do Worse in Learning' argues that the kind of pedagogies required to integrate 21-st teaching practices into the 20-th century pedagogies has not been utilised fully. The effective use of technology will largely depend on the teaching practices used by instructors. To ensure effective teaching and learning teachers must be at the forefront of implementing teaching pedagogies that meet student needs and curriculum objectives. According to Zeina Charlich, instructors need to give an educating and learning society that furnishes understudies with basic 21st-century ranges of abilities that incorporate inventiveness, correspondence, joint
According to Woronov (1994), computers themselves do not automatically change the nature of teaching and learning, but that it is the way the teachers use the technology that creates a conducive learning environment. If computers are not used effectively then students lose out on a promising
So, it is unquestionably accepted that all students ought to have fundamental skills to utilize PCs and information transfers administrations but the question that remains is whether technology can possibly empower schools, students, and parents to make a significant improvement in the level and relevance of learning (TK Glennan, A
( FINAL ESSAY JUST PARAPHRASE ) It goes without saying that technology will improve the learning path, makes education simpler and more enthusiastic. Using technology in education allows students to learn through internet, which makes it easier for them, also it has a positive influence on their academic performance. In today’s modern world, it is a successful investment to invest money in integrating technology in education.
Last but not least, technology is also helpful because it benefits educated people. This is a true fact because students can use online resources as a learning aid, and teachers can use different software and presentations to teach. For example, “technology is helping teachers to expand beyond linear, text-based learning and to engage students who learn best in other ways” (). Another example of technology helping educated people is, “its role in schools has evolved from a contained “computer class” into a versatile learning tool that could
In the classroom, technology can encompass all kinds of tools from low-tech pencil, paper, and chalkboard, to the use of presentation software, or high-tech tablets, online collaboration and conferencing tools, and more. The newest technologies allow us to try things in physical and virtual classrooms that were not possible before. Today, I cannot imagine how difficult it is to teach without technology and how hard it is to learn without it. Technology plays a major part in our lives as students.
Nowadays, there is no doubt that technology has become a substantial element in many pupils’ lives, accordingly, the education systems have incorporated into their curriculum new instructions that try to implement these tools and toe the line with the
Particular technologies produce changes in the way students write (Dailey, 2004), but many of the concerns Hovey (1958) raised before such technologies existed remain relevant today. Many first-year students, and more often those students who place into DE writing, still struggle with skills like applying knowledge about what an essay needs to contain (Best, 1996), spelling (Bennett-Kastor, 2005), and the conventional rules of written discourse (Wall, 1986). Technology use suggests a possible contributing factor to these problems, but some technologies also suggest new solutions (Grabill, 1998; Stan, & Collins, 2002), and many of those same students prefer computer-assisted writing instruction (Fang, 2010; Wresch, 1984) to more traditional
As explained by Gee & Hayes (2011, p.3), regardless of which generation an individual belongs to, there are many individuals’ that are unable to write as well as they can read. It is forgivable to think that the education system has failed them as up until now, the modern-day classroom has focused on just reading and writing. Those two skills alone do not complete the literacy profile of a modern-day student. The ever-increasing presence of digital technology in the classroom is providing students an additional opportunity to successfully complete the requirements of the curriculum. The inclusion of digital technology exposes the students to methods of learning which will enable them to compete with their reading and writing literate counterparts.
E-Resources: ICT technology has a major impact on educational materials. E-resources include Online-journals, e-books, CD-ROM, DVDs, Online-databases, web libraries, etc. There are many difficulties in implementation of ICT in the learning environment. Firstly, educational administrators need to allocate the required funds for the purchase of hardware, software, technical training, technical support, installations, etc. Secondly, educational technologists should find the ways to integrate the ICT into the curriculum of the current educational system.