Students are excited about being able to use technology and therefore are more apt to learn. Integrating technology in education everyday helps students stay engaged. Today’s students love technology so they are sure to be interested in learning if they can use the tools they love. If used correctly, will help prepare students for their future careers, which will inevitably include the use of wireless technology. Technology helps the teachers prepare students for the real world environment. As our nation becomes increasingly more technology-dependent, it becomes even more necessary that to be successful citizens, students must learn to be tech-savvy.
When mobile technology is readily available in the classroom, students are able to access the most up-to-date information quicker and easier than ever before. Students can have access to digital textbooks that are constantly updated and often more vivid, helpful, creative, and a lot cheaper than those old heavy books. Technology can be defined as any tool that can be used to help promote human learning, including, but not limited to, calculators, tablets (such as an iPad), Smart Boards, video cameras, digital cameras, MP3 players, Portable Digital Assistants (PDAs), and, of course, the computer. These are all innovations that have helped countless people during regular daily activities, but they can also have a profound impact on classroom learning.
It can keep students focused for longer periods of time. The use of computers to look up information/data is a tremendous time saver, especially when used to access a comprehensive resource like the Internet to conduct research. This time-saving aspect can keep students focused on a project much longer than they would with books and paper resources, and it helps them develop better learning through exploration and research. It makes students more excited to learn. When technology is integrated into school lessons, learners are more likely to be interested in, focused on, and excited about the subjects they are studying. Subjects that might be monotonous for some – like math and science – can be much more engaging with virtual lessons, tutoring, and the streaming of educational videos. It enables students to learn at their own pace. With the integration of technology, students are able to get direct, individualized instruction from the computer. This form of supplemental teaching allows them to engage with the information at times that are most convenient for them and helps them become more self-directed in the learning process
Gruman, J.A.,Schneider, F.W., & Coutts, L.A. (2017). Applied Social Psychology: Understanding and Addressing Social and Practical Problems. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Technology in schools has been an incredible advancement in our society and the pandemic has only streamlined this over the past two years. We were forced to be innovative with learning through technology, and we are seeing more potential with what technology can really do for schools.
For online schooling in particular, the possibilities are limitless. Things that schools may have thought to be impossible to teach through a computer 20 years ago are now common practice. Online schooling can help with student motivation, especially in higher education. Online schooling has become less extrinsically oriented and more intrinsically oriented (Gruman et al., 2016). Those of us that are taking this course are not all together in a classroom. We do not know who our classmates are, and as a result it is easier to feel less competitive with them. We cannot look over our shoulders and see the classmate behind us received a better grade on the test. While taking this class remotely, we are surrounded by stimuli that we would not find in a classroom. These stimuli tempt us to walk away from our computers, but we are still here. It takes an extra bit of motivation to participate in online schooling without walking away from our computers. These computers that we have and the opportunities presented by the university to embrace the growth of technology has made a very big difference in our lives as students.
Gruman, J. A., Schneider, F. W., & Coutts, L. M. (Eds.). (2016). Applied social psychology : Understanding and addressing social and practical problems. SAGE Publications.