Technology is so very often seen as the enemy to the nature of classrooms. What some educators fail to notice is that technology is inevitable. As students progress in school and in their personal lives, they become so plugged into the internet and what it has to over that it seems silly to ban it within the class. Technology aids teaching and learning in ways that some educators are not ready to embrace.
Michael Horn, the author of Education Speaks, explains that "it's incredibly hard to individualize instruction for 20 to 30 students at a time." The use of technology can touch upon different learning styles in just a few clicks. Students can watch videos, listen to audio books, or even construct their own stories to express what they have learned.
Technology opens the doors for student-centered learning, however it appears that all of society is not ready to acknowledge this notion. For years we have been filling students with what we (the educators) think they need to know, when the fact of the matter is who are we to say what is important? Students need to find and form their opinions without the pressure of someone telling them they're wrong. Education needs to gear itself in a new direction; a direction that leads with the students as they're the future.
Rachel@NU
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