Friday, 23 December 2016

Integrating Technology Into The Professional Development For Teachers

By Debra Scott


Teaching strategies are among the ethical practices that facilitate the learning of students in developing their capacity, productivity, and performance. When these strategies are incorporated with the current technology, then the education levels can take a positive shift with teaching levels above the standard. Below are some of the merits of integrating education in the professional development for teachers.

Technology lightens the teaching task. There might be times when teaching your students theoretical explanations might work out for them. Technology gives you the chance to clarify your explanations with various resources and techniques it has. You can directly show your learners in practice how the theories happen by use of the audio-visual feature of the technology. These means that they can directly view what you are teaching by use of projectors and other computer devices to develop their understanding when in class.

As a tutor, you can keep track on your students performance records hence know the weak areas in general that need further clarification. Unlike the paper diaries that are not accurate and confusing at times, such technological methods such as storing information in the computer enable you to access any records quickly you need or even analyze the mean grades with ease and accurately.

The modern technology education system is eco-friendly. This is in the sense that the number of trees that have to be cut and taken to the paper industry to be processed. That is so to produce sheets that are used for printing textbooks. Writing is greatly reduced, and instead, the technology means such as reading online notes and also doing and submitting the given assignment via e-mails.

It makes learning enjoyable. A lot of student channel most of their energy to the internet browsing social media sites. You may thus use the same internet to engage them in learning activities. By using the touch screen technology and online presentation, the students become more attentive in class and easily comprehend whatever is being taught in the classes.

The introduction of e-learning to the schools help those that cannot reach the school. With the new technology, it is not a must that you are in the class for you to have the lesson. You can have the class from the comfort of your couch at home. This is at times very useful to the kids who got injured and are admitted.

It makes information easily accessible. It reduces the time that you have to spend in the library looking for a piece of information that you could easily look for on the internet. With technology at your feet you could learn virtually anything at any time provided, you may access the internet. You can do sufficient research on the internet thus saving not only time but also the energy you would have wasted looking for various books in the library. It makes learning to be an effortless experience.

Technology has made possible for collaboration arrangements. Technology in education makes it easier for you to bring groups together and accomplish both their tasks and projects without much struggle. The student groups can, however, discuss online from their homes as they are connected to the internet making it more effective.




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