Integrating Technology in the Classroom
The idea of using digital tools in the classroom is not about replacing the old ways of instruction, but about adding more interactive elements and finding spaces or tools that are both convenient and enjoyable for instructors as well as students. At the same time, it is about giving more people the opportunity to access the same information, the same resources. And, in this relatively new environment where communications and some types of technologies are already considered basic needs, it is probably easier to get a hold of these tools than to make unnecessarily high monetary or time efforts. Here's a video of Ethan Dickens, an actual student-user of these educational technologies, speaking up about the positive aspects of implementing such changes in the classroom: The important thing about integrating technologies into the educational environment is to avoid that their use erases the positive aspects of traditional teaching/learning. Their job is to supplement...