out that one. Science buffs, help me out!
But seriously, the world is literally at our fingertips. We can take a tour of a famous landmark with VR, watch an interview with the person that discovered that landmark on Youtube or any other media that supports that, read about their other discoveries in a book, and play a game of electronic Jeopardy ( or play it on the responsive whiteboard) all in one class period. The level of productivity has significantly increased because we are simply able to do so many more things with the resources on the internet. And we have barely scratched the surface.
Does anyone else ever get frustrated that there is too much to learn and too much to read and play and not enough time on Earth to do it?
Alas, as much time as the internet and technology saves us, the more information and activity and life it throws our way. And we will never even get close to experiencing even a dent in it.
10. Allows Students to Learn in Their Own Best Ways
This is one of my favorite things about using tech in the classroom. All students have their strengths and their weaknesses. And no two students are alike, although you will see similarities among them.
But bringing technology and lessons to life through various activities allows all of the students to shine at some points in the school day and struggle to learn and grow at other times. What a perfect balance of life for a day in the classroom!
Without struggle to learn and grow through new things, the students will never learn to rise to the occasion. And without chances to shine in their day, they will never feel victorious over their workload.
So allowing them a good balance of activities that technology can afford them allows them to become better people. If that isn’t a great fulfillment of school, nothing is!
11. Teaches Students Safe Practices While Online
This is one of the most critical reasons why technology in the classroom is necessary. We need students to learn safe habits with technology and computers specifically. While we can teach them all the right things, we cannot assure they won’t end up using it wrongly at some point in the future, but the more we encourage good internet habits early on, the better the consistency in how they handle the internet will be later on.
Teaching this in the classroom is a perfect opportunity because it is a perfect place and time to teach concepts that the students can practice while being well supervised. And it allows them to learn to use tools to better their skills and talents. There is so much advantage in this.
But one of the more critical reasons for this is that many kids may not be getting this kind of guidance at home. This may be the only opportunity they have to be able to grow and learn about safely surfing the web. And it may be the only time that they are able to be shown the potential of what the internet and all of technology can do for them throughout life.
We never really know how we are reaching some students and may never know. But every once in a while we will hear back from a student years later that comes back and tells us how we shaped their life for the better.
And that makes all of those hard teaching days melt into the background.
12. Technology is More Fun for The Students
Okay, I saved this one for last because it is probably the most obvious one of the twelve.
Technology in the classroom is necessary because kids naturally gravitate towards it. They are more comfortable with it. And they are adept at it, which makes it quicker and easier to learn.
But here is a method that we can use this in a way that encourages students to be innovative without realizing it. Instead they think that they are getting to do something really cool. Which they actually are doing as well.
What if you give the students turns at choosing which technology they would like to explain what they have learned in a certain class? You can give them a 5 minute time limit and allow them to present what they have come up with over the course of several weeks. You can give each student this assignment in whatever su