Technology Integration
Through my inquiry project, I have learned first-hand how important meaningful technology-driven instruction is in reaching students today. As I've mentioned time and time again, students are more "plugged in" than ever before. Unlike past generations, our students today have grown up with access to real-time information all around them. They've grown up in a generation where instant gratification has become the norm. No longer do we have to wait for CDs to come out at the record store on Tuesday at 9:00 am when the store opens--now we can download them at midnight without having to leave the comforts of our home (or our beds). No longer do we have to wait to hear about pressing news stories--now we can simply tap any number of icons on our phones and be granted the aforementioned information. As if being exposed to all of these technological advances wasn't enough, try growing up with them as the norm. More notably, try growing up with these technologies as the norm and then try learning without these things. For years, this is what has happened. Teachers across the country have attempted to teach 21st-century learners using the same dated practices.
Gone are the days of educators teaching from the front of a classroom lined by horizontal rows, bearing a piece of chalk in one hand and a textbook in the other. Gone are the days of lecturing for 50 minutes to no avail. To teach students today, we as educators must be able to reach them. This means striking a chord of relevance in their eye: this means integrating meaningful technology into the classroom.
Gone are the days of educators teaching from the front of a classroom lined by horizontal rows, bearing a piece of chalk in one hand and a textbook in the other. Gone are the days of lecturing for 50 minutes to no avail. To teach students today, we as educators must be able to reach them. This means striking a chord of relevance in their eye: this means integrating meaningful technology into the classroom.
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