Technology continues to be a fiercely contested aspect of today’s educational environment, as the impact of new ideas can be felt from the earliest elementary to college levels. Some see technology as an absolute necessity for the development of future learners, while others worry that it is an expensive distraction that will never fulfill the […]
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In order to try a new form of technology that could benefit my education, I wanted to try Adobe Illustrator 10.0. This program is very interesting to me, and I wanted to learn how to use it. I plan to become an art teacher and I believe this program is useful for many reasons. I […]
Thematic instruction is the organization of a curriculum around “themes” which students can identify with on a daily basis. Thematic instruction is based on the principle that students will learn better when they can connect what they’re learning to the real world. Thematic instruction integrates the core subjects like math, science, and language arts with […]
When teachers first began to use computers in a classroom setting, schools wished to evaluate whether the use of educational technology had a significant and consistent impact on student achievement. This achievement was to be measured not only in the students ability to use technology, but that by using it, there was a measurable increase […]