Technology in Education

1. IMPORTANCE OF
TECHNOLOGY IN
EDUCATION
By:
Santican, Saima
C.
Edtech 2D
2015

2. Technology is everywhere,
entwined in almost every part
of our lives. It affects how
we shop, socialize, connect,
play, and most importantly
learn.

3. Technology has a big role in
promoting a creative and
interesting classroom
environment.
Technology have been useful and
helpful for both facilitators and
learners.

4. Motivation
Teachers have many ways of introducing their
discussion in the class through the use of
technology that have a variety of application that
they can apply and use to keep the learner’s
attention.

5. Social
Technology extended the learning space
beyond the four walls of classroom. Teachers can
even assess their students outside the classroom
the same us the learners, wherein they can ask
them by sending a message in their e-mails.

6. Updates
Both teachers and students will easily find out
what are the trends, news, and current happenings,
either local or international through social medias.

7. Assessments
Assessing students performance can be done instantly
with technology. A classroom could be questioned with a
multiple-choice problem. Students could then input their
answer and the feedback score is instantly given to the
student and teacher.

8. Global
Students and classrooms or even schools can be
connected to anyone in the world instantly. Devices
coupled with the Internet can allow for a free way to
communicate globally. And the chance to understand
international or different cultural perspectives.

9. Mobile
Technology can be taken anywhere. With all
the knowledge and resources contained. So
learners can acquire learning anytime and
anywhere.

10. Benefits of
Technology in
Education

11. Access to information
Students all evenings spent in the libraries to
write the report, project or academic paper.
Today information is easily accessed thanks to
the internet. Meanwhile, online courses are
accessible to the students who are unable to
attend traditional educational buildings because
of health or other complications. It is a
convenient way to study.

13. Easiness in teaching
There are various ways of improving
teaching efficiency with technology in
education. Thanks to the technology they have
more than one way to keep an eye on the
student’s progress. Moreover audio-visual
presentation, wide-screen televisions,
projectors can be used for improving the
delivery of instruction to actually improve
learning and increasing the comprehension
level among the students.

15. Technology makes education
enjoyable
We all know how difficult to engage the children in
learning. However they enjoy the process when the
instructor use technology in order to make classes
more interactive and interesting. In that way it’s easy
to attract the kid’s attention. By the way, the involving
technology in the educational process makes
education more enjoyable both for the instructors and
the learners.We shouldn’t underestimate the
possibilities of educational technology in our modern
society.

17. Sources:
 http://edtechreview.in/news/681-technology-in-education
 http://teacherswithapps.com/top-10-reasons-technology-is-
important-for-education/
http://www.cest.org.uk/importance-of-technology-in-schools/
http://edtechreview.in/news/705-benefits-of-technology-in-
education

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