Friday, September 13, 2013

Effects of Technology on Classrooms and Students




The article, Effects of Technology on Classrooms and Students describes the benefits of students being active learners.  Using technology within the classroom allows students to take an active role while making decisions on how to find, obtain, work, and present information.  While the teacher still sets guidelines for assignments and projects, the classroom becomes more student centered.  Effects of Technology on Classrooms and Students describes students becoming more motive and developing higher self-esteem.  Students become challenged to demonstrate what they have learned rather than pressure to perform well on exams.    Teachers also claim that students are able to complete more complex tasks and collaborate with the support of technology in the classroom.  The single downfall this article mentions is that students may have a tendency to spend too much time changing graphics, fonts, colors, design, etc.  However, I feel if students want to stress specific points, these technicalities may be necessary. 

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