Best Practices for Technology in Education

Technology can do what many consider the impossible! Now at days, you don't even have worry about writing or better yet knowing correct spelling because there are tools that facilitate that. However there are still proper ways to use technology and still be critical thinkers--hence technology in education. 

 

 

First of all the most important practice for technology in education is for students and teachers to have access to technology. Students cannot integrate to the 21st Century if their education doesn't introduce technology. Another important practice for technology in education is the actual integration of technology in the classroom. For instance, "using video footage can gain deeper and more flexible knowledge of mathematical and scientific concepts."

This means that instead of reading about the evolution of human kind from a Biology book, incorporating an educational YouTube can demonstrate a clearer image of this concept. Also practicing proper integration is important because we need to make sure that each tool is appropriate for each lesson. This means that one must match the most effective tool with the most effective pedagogy to achieve the learning goals of a particular lesson (Sun Associations, 2013). In addition, an important practice for technology in education is the reconstruction of the traditional classroom to personalized learning. Students learn differently and in their own unique way; therefore reconstruction is something important to practice. Digital Learning is part of the education system now and it needs to be practiced. How will all of these practices be efficient? Well that's where the teacher and the school system work together. "Teachers must be provided with ongoing professional development opportunities that equip educators to effectively integrate digital learning and employ new instructional approaches" (E-School News, 2015). So in order for technology to remain successful in education teachers should receive the proper development and have technical support in their schools. This practice is important because it is suggesting "ongoing" meaning that because technology changes frequently, teachers must be able to accommodate to those changes. These practices in education can better prepare students for the "real, new world".