Education in Technology

“Computers in the classrooms”

Group 14:Ying Jia, Fernanda Escalante

PRO

❏ Students gain word processing skills, typing skills.

❏ Help students learning from peers, form collaboration between students

and students/ students and teacher, as they work together on projects

❏ Increases responsibility, independence

❏ Reinforce assistive tool in the instruction through different types of media:

podcasts, video, multimedia, etc

CON❏ Cost: Expensive

Can be a distraction in the classroom

❏ Grammar and spell check taking away students’ critical thinking skills

❏ Decrease student’s skill of “face to face” interaction and communication

data source:

http://compfaqs.org/TeachingBasicWriting/WhatAreTheAdvantagesAndDisadvantagesOfUsingComput

ersInTheBasicWritingClassroom

Strategies for computer classrooms

- It can be use as a tool for teachers and students

- Makes group projects more accessible - Can be used for individual work or

assessments

http://www.lburkhart.com/elem/strat.htm

Strategies for computer classrooms (Con.)

How to do it right?

❏ Have an instruction session

❏ Make sure students get some independent practice

❏ Be able to help to navigate the students throughout the

whole project

Computers in the Classroom: How Teachers and Students Are Using Technology to Transform

Learning

- It is a Jossey-Bass and Apple Publication - Six remarkable stories about the introduction of computers to

the classroom - Profound effect it had on students' lives. I- Informative and entertaining,- This book will expand your vision of how technology can be

used to enhance classroom.

http://www.amazon.com/Computers-Classroom-Teachers-Technology-Transform/dp/0787902624

Educational Websites for students from different ages

- Interactive Sites for educationhttp://interactivesites.weebly.com- Starfallhttp://www.starfall.com- Top 100 educational websites 2015http://www.homeschool.com/articles/top100%5F2015/#