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One magazine article that I found online, spoke of a new technology device that is sweeping the nation, and I have never even heard of it. The article was entitled, "Hardly a blank slate -- Electronic whiteboard technology enhances classroom learning." It was written by Kirsten Nelson. The article discusses a new technology called electronic whiteboards. These devices are currently beign used in many school all across the country. Part of the artilce goes into great detail about how important technology is in the lives of students. Students should be able to incoorperate the technology that they use outside of the home into the classroom. The electronic whiteboard is one of these technologies that is allowing them to do just that. The new device brings fun and entertainment to the classroom. It is an educational tool for both the teacher and the student. Phil Bannister, who works for the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency, was interviewed and quoted as saying, ""Observations of the nature and the frequency of talk within the classroom during lessons which used interactive whiteboards revealed that there was actually a faster pace of teaching during those lessons," he explained. "There was a higher level of interaction between the teachers and pupils during those lessons generally. They also found that teachers actually asked a lot more open-ended questions of the pupils, and when the pupils responded, the teachers actually engaged in a lot more discussion of the pupils' answers. They would also repeat questions to really probe their understanding more. There is potential there for reshaping some of the ways in which pupils learn." I thought that this was a very powerful statement. It states that technology is basically essential in the classroom, which I agree on.
I beleive that using technology to help the students is very imporant. The attention spans of soem students today is very limited. I believe that if more technolgies, such as the electronic whiteboard, are incoorperated in more classrooms, that the standardized test scores will sky rocket. In order to make a student learn, they must be having fun in the process. I hope that I can be the type of teacher who loves to teach history with technology in every lesson. The magazine article can be found here
One magazine article that I found online, spoke of a new technology device that is sweeping the nation, and I have never even heard of it. The article was entitled, "Hardly a blank slate -- Electronic whiteboard technology enhances classroom learning." It was written by Kirsten Nelson. The article discusses a new technology called electronic whiteboards. These devices are currently beign used in many school all across the country. Part of the artilce goes into great detail about how important technology is in the lives of students. Students should be able to incoorperate the technology that they use outside of the home into the classroom. The electronic whiteboard is one of these technologies that is allowing them to do just that. The new device brings fun and entertainment to the classroom. It is an educational tool for both the teacher and the student. Phil Bannister, who works for the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency, was interviewed and quoted as saying, ""Observations of the nature and the frequency of talk within the classroom during lessons which used interactive whiteboards revealed that there was actually a faster pace of teaching during those lessons," he explained. "There was a higher level of interaction between the teachers and pupils during those lessons generally. They also found that teachers actually asked a lot more open-ended questions of the pupils, and when the pupils responded, the teachers actually engaged in a lot more discussion of the pupils' answers. They would also repeat questions to really probe their understanding more. There is potential there for reshaping some of the ways in which pupils learn." I thought that this was a very powerful statement. It states that technology is basically essential in the classroom, which I agree on.
I beleive that using technology to help the students is very imporant. The attention spans of soem students today is very limited. I believe that if more technolgies, such as the electronic whiteboard, are incoorperated in more classrooms, that the standardized test scores will sky rocket. In order to make a student learn, they must be having fun in the process. I hope that I can be the type of teacher who loves to teach history with technology in every lesson. The magazine article can be found here
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