Resources/Materials Resources/Materials used in the used in the ClassroomClassroom

Resources/Materials Resources/Materials used in the used in the ClassroomClassroom

Rationale for using TechnologyRationale for using TechnologyEducational TechnologiesEducational Technologies

Rationale for using Technology

• Motivates• Provides unique instructional

capabilities• Supports new instructional

approaches• Increases teacher productivity• Required skills for an information

age

Educational Technologies

1. Ancient & Faithful Resources /Materials

– Blackboard, chalk, duster– Encyclopedias, textbooks– Dictionaries– Charts, pictures, VCR movies– Pencils, pens, erasers, white-off– Registers

Educational Technologies

2. Modern & useful Resources/Material– Interactive white board, markers– World Wide Web– E-dictionaries– PowerPoint presentations, overhead

projectors– DVDs, online videos– Word processing software

Educational Technologies

• Modern & Useful Resources/Material cont’d– Electronic databases, spreadsheet– Notebooks, Laptops, Desktop computers– Printers– i-phones, palm phones– Virtual depictions– E-libraries– …

Facts• Technology fails• Teachers always will be important