Five Ways Technology Has Changed Teaching
Buddy?s Friday Five this week, following from Naomi's blog titled "Technology, friend of foe?? is Five Ways Technology Has Changed Teaching. Exploring how technology has shaped the education sector and teaching.
- Simulations and Modelling
Simulation software helps to bring to the classroom real activities that would be impossible to see without technology.
- Improves Communication
Education is founded on the effectiveness of communication among students and teachers. The classroom has been made into a community where teachers quickly post assignments, and the students can ask questions for verifications. Moreover, they can communicate with peers on different relevant matters.
- Fun Learning
The use of new technology has made students enjoy their studying more than ever. Keeping a student engaged in learning is also crucial in improving the retention rate of new concepts learned. Games like Kahoot have become increasingly more popular in the classroom.
- Group Projects/Collaborations
Working in groups is now much more simple, group chats make communicating easy whilst platforms like Google documents allow students to write and edit work on the same document remotely
- Access To Information
It is now very easy to access information, search engines give access to information on the internet whilst services like Moodle allow slides, lectures and much more to be shared instantly with students