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Effects of Technology on Classrooms and Students!

-Increased motivation and self esteem

-Technical skills

-Change in student and teacher roles

-More collaboration with peers

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--Technology is becoming a bigger and bigger part of the world today.

Technology has evolved and become more central to teaching and learning.

Integrating technology into the curriculum is a priority in schools.

When teachers first began to use computers in a classroom setting, schools

evaluate whether the use of educational technology had a significant and consistent

impact on student achievement. When people hear the word “technology”, computers

are the first thing people think. However, there are many different types of technology

other than computers that can be used to improve student learning. There are different

kinds of content and serve different purposes in the classroom. Technology should be

integrated as a tool to promote and extend student learning on a daily basis. Technology

use allows students to create, problem solve, research, collaborate, and interact globally. --When students are using technology as a tool or a support for communicating with others,

they are in an active role rather than the passive role of recipient of information transmitted

by a teacher, textbook, or broadcast. The student is actively making choices about how to generate,

obtain, manipulate, or display information.The teacher's role changes as well. The teacher is no

longer the center of attention as the dispenser of information, but rather plays the role of

facilitator, setting project goals and providing guidelines and resources, moving from student

to student or group to group, providing suggestions and support for student activity.

--Teachers talked about motivation from a number of different perspectives. Some mentioned

motivation with respect to working in a specific subject area, for example, a greater willingness

to write or to work on computational skills. Students, even at the elementary school level, are able

to acquire an impressive level of skill with a broad range of computer software, Although the specific

software tools in use will likely change before these students enter the world of work, the students

acquire a basic understanding of how various classes of computer tools behave and a confidence about

being able to learn to use new tools that will support their learning of new software applications. --Another effect of technology cited by a great majority of teachers is an increased inclination

on the part of students to work cooperatively and to provide peer tutoring. While many of the classrooms

we observed assigned technology-based projects to small groups of students, as discussed above, there was

also considerable tutoring going on around the use of technology itself.Students who have mastered specific

computer skills generally derive pride and enjoyment from helping others.

--When students see their teacher incorporating new technology and trying new things, they become

more engaged in the process. Technology allows students to see the whole world as a resource with

themselves being in charge of their destiny. It also benefits students because they have choices and

opportunities to explore and share information to a greater extent than available in a traditional classroom.

--technology is a versatile and valuable tool for teaching and learning and becoming a way of life.

Technology in the classroom is both beneficial to students and teachers. It creates new ways of

obtaining and presenting information and gives students new ways of analyzing and understanding

the world around them.