Home > Technology in the Classroom Group > Discussion Board

Technology is just another tool that a creative teacher can use to reach students. It is not good or bad in and of itself. In the right hands, technology in the classroom is perhaps the most effective means to reach students since it has become the primary learning mode for most of them. Two elements of technology make it especially effective in teaching--graphics and hands-on engagement. Kids are programmed now to respond to pictures more than words, and they learn more by doing than by listening. "Real teaching" isn't defined by traditional methods. Real teaching is effective instruction that promotes learning and growth--using whatever methods work best to achieve particular objectives.