Week 12 Things to Write: DE Topic and Research

The 21st Century, Technology, and Teaching


According to Kearsley, "the 21st century will bring tremendous advances in computers and networks, dramatically changing our daily lives- and how we learn or teach." Technology is changing our lives as educators and the lives of learners. Teachers can find any information they need about a topic they are teaching, on the web, then use the research to enhance a lesson they are teaching. Not only does the educator benefit, by presenting the topic with more knowledge, but the learner attains more information about the topic. There are many ways to improve instruction and learn using technology including:

Teacher-
power point presentations
online games
simulations

Student-
podcasts
video making
webquests
games/sims

These are only a few suggestions of ways that implementing technology enhances a lesson. The traditional classroom, was once prevalent, but is slowly being erased and replaced with online learning.