Making Learning Technology Rich

As we compare today’s teaching and yesterday’s educational system, there is a big change in the system with time. This has resulted due to the involvement of new techniques and technologies on the educational system. The academic curriculum goals have been changed and they are still under change, focusing on the utilization of the technology tool. Teachers design the educational and teaching strategies facilitating the use of technology tools in order to make up education system better. Today technology has taken education to such height that people can learn even sitting at home through e-learning.

With the implementation of technology in education, education has been becoming better and better with time. Technology is being used in educational areas in these ways.

Video Streaming

A photograph has the ability to describe, what words can’t. And what a video can explain us, is obviously far more than pictures can. When you teach any topic to the students by showing the real time demo through videos, then you create a clearer view of the topic in the minds of the students.

Postings and Publications

Ask students to posts their assignments in blogs. In this way, they will feel proud to display their work and will be more excited to write their assignments in proper ways. In this ways, teachers can create interest in students for completing their regular assignments.

Social Media

Kids are seen to be very obsessed with social media. Instead of banning social media in the school campus, try to accept it. Teachers try to post assignments and any interesting topic on Facebook and ask students to discuss on them through their comments. This will be really interesting.

Video Conferencing

A teacher can also give lectures to his students even when he is not in school. This is possible through video conferencing. Guest lecturers from higher professionals are an added advantage through video conferencing.

Gaming

Every kid loves playing games. And today’s kids are more prone towards playing games in gadgets. Teachers involve students in playing educational games in which students take more interest and eventually learn the topics easily.

Implementing technology to classes really makes education fun. This has to be done on priority in every small and big educational institution all over the globe.

The Importance of Technology in Learning

Technology is making students improve their learning ability. Using the communication channels like texting, audio, video students can be addressed depending n their merits. The only use of computers in education is not hundred percent implementation of technology. Its implementation will be regarded as complete only when all newer tools are added in the educative system. When the use of technology in learning will fulfill the need of every student, then only it will be satisfactory.

Teachers use computers to check exam books of students easily. Providing study materials, assigning homework all can be done online, which is easier and faster and always stay stored. Different needs of students can be full filled by supplying informational resources for different types of students with different perspectives through inquiry-based learning.

Challenges to Technology-Rich Learning

Time has always been the biggest barrier. Both teachers and guardians face such problems. They have tensions in life and pressure from all sides just keep them blocked, not letting them to completely find out ways to upgrade the education of the kids. Time is limited. And in this limited time, of course, the guardian and teachers have to find out measures for developing the educational habits and satisfy the kid’s demands in order to make their kids excited about learning.

Spoiled kids come to school to have fun with their friends rather than to study and learn. They may take advantage of the involvement of gadgets in learning. Instead of having fun in learning new tactics in studies, they may use the gadgets just for fun, wasting their parent’s money. It is the duty of the teachers to make them recognize that, use of technology in school is to give them a higher standard education for a better future career and not just something to waste their time in entertainment. Entertainment is, of course, important, but it is to be done only on a perfect time.

Apart from handling technology-related teaching, being a teacher itself is a difficult job. Toughest job of a teacher is to make a student interested in learning. Once the student shows some interest in learning, then the only teacher will be able to teach them the basic syllabus. When all these are done, then only the teachers will be able to think of the betterment of education and giving a tech-rich environment.

The educational system should support teachers and guardians to the full to make the learning system rich in technology. Because the happiness and interest in learning the students gain with the implementation of technology is worth appreciating and should be always enhanced with time.

About the Author:

Vaishnavi Agrawal loves pursuing excellence through writing and has a passion for technology. She has successfully managed and run personal technology magazines and websites. She currently writes for intellipaat.com, a global training company that provides e-learning and professional certification training. The courses offered by Intellipaat address the unique needs of working professionals. She is based out of Bangalore and has an experience of 5 years in the field of content writing and blogging. Her work has been published on various sites related to Hadoop, Big Data, Business Intelligence, Cloud Computing, IT, SAP, Project Management and more.

Vaishnavi Agrawal loves pursuing excellence through writing. currently writes for Intellipaat, a global training company that provides e-learning and professional certification training.