issues and future directions

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Meachie Heart D. Austria

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Issues and FutureDirections


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Top 5 Problems with Technology in

Education Today

5. The crutchStudents are so quick to turn to the Internet to answer

questions that some believe critical thinking has gone down thetube. Spelling is no longer something tested if everything is

autocorrected and spell checked. This may be a larger issue of

technology on our memory and brain-strength, but if we are using

the Internet in schools, then kids are being taught to use oogle toanswer all their questions and to essentially, copy and paste their

knowledge. !ducation needs to figure out how to use technology in

a way that doesn"t replace knowledge, but reinforces it.


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4. The crash

#efore it was the dog ate the homework, now it"s the

computer crashed and $It was all done before it got erased%& #ut,

this popular e'cuse is used because it does happen. (hen using

the computer and all its glitches to create a pro)ect that requires

hours of work, it sometimes gets erased, doesn"t transfer over

correctly, doesn"t save, or for one human error or another is gone.

*any technology rookies have been in this position and curse at

the computer that has stolen hours.


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Some students struggle simply to complete work that it seems

unfair to put obstacles in their way, especially when some

students may not have programs or the technology at home to

become familiar with it. The problem with technology glitches is

also seen with online te'tbooks. Some students have issues

accessing te'tbooks at home if they don"t have a large enough

bandwidth. +ther access problems to online materials can delay

students and put them behind in class.


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3. The old-timer

Some teachers do not utilie the technology they"ve been

given. They have been teaching for years and don"t want to

incorporate something new into their time-tested lesson plans.

Some schools are pushing instructors to incorporate technology

into their syllabi and when it is poorly taught the technology is not

used at optimal level. ny teacher given high-tech programs and

e'pected to teach it in the classroom deserves proper training,

and sometimes it isn"t provided.


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2. The facebook

nd Twitter, Instagram, interest, /ouTube,

etcetera. utting a computer in front of a high school student and

e'pecting them 0+T to go on 1acebook or any other distracting

non-school related site is kind of a )oke. nd it isn"t )ust the

younger students that are in danger of losing focus2 even graduate

students can hardly help themselves to online distractions in the

classroom. (hen keeping students e'cited and focused on the

lesson at hand is one of the hardest task a teacher faces, a

computer can be one of the most detrimental things to that

student"s learning.


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. The band-aid

The idea that technology can save education may have

some truth in it, but it may be problematic to treat all our

educational issues with technology. In 3445,

!ducation (eek reported on a ma)or federal studythat found, $no

difference in academic achievement between students who used

the technology in their classrooms and youngsters who used other

methods.& If students aren"t proficient in their studies to begin

with and technology is used incorrectly, a whole mess of problems

could arise.
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(hat"s wrong with the #and-id thinking is that technology

needs to be planned out into schools in a very precise manner in

order for it to be effective, and to cover all of education"s problems

in a #and-id may further aggravate the issues.


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Telecommunications network

Technology will eventually interconnect schools, home

and business centers so that learners can communicate with

anyone he needs within his community, region or around the

globe.


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%ew Psychological technologies

The e'pansion of the capabilities of the human brain has

been the goal of various 6esearch and 7evelopment pro)ects.

In accelerated learning the learners are induced into a state

of conscious rela'ation prior to a lesson. The use of special

techniques involving music and drama during the lesson then

follows for learning foreign languages with observed ease and

high rates of retention.


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The Teacher&s future in the 'eld/ou are entering the educational field at a very e'citing time

as a teacher, human resource trainer or educational

administrator.

Instructional media and technology are becoming more and

more pervasive in formal and non-formal education, opening

new opportunities for fulfilling work and involvement


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$tudents( )igital %ati*es

+,e ha*e reached thepoint where our students

are no longer the ones thatour systems were designedfor and that our teacherswere trained to teach.

Marc Prensky


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!actors forsuccess(

Technology

-forms essential 2stcentury skills

-de*elops independent

learners

-appeals to kids and youngadults( is moti*ating andcool


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Transformation of Teaching with Technology

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Teachers esistance

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Barriers for Integrating Technology:Teachers !"inions

9ack of skills and con'dence

9ack of training

esistance from superiors

%o e:tra pay for this work

Technical problems

1dding Technology to old methods of

teaching


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6*ercoming arriers(!actors for $uccess

Technology shouldbe $E-!#E%)9;

Trainings( $kills

0on'dence 0hangeattitudes andPractices

0omplete $olutions(technically andmethodologically

0reating Teachers

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Parents

ange of attitudes to Technology

#gnorance about the bene'ts of

technologies(

- e:perience of being a learner- worries about health issues

"ass media( negati*e co*erage

!actors for success(aising parents awareness of the bene'ts ofTechnology for learning>

"ass "edia on our side


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