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Students and Technology

Lindsey B. Howerton

Grand Canyon University: EDU 225

June 3, 2018
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Students and Technology

A critical and powerful tool that is used everyday inside of the classroom is technology.

Technology has only continued to expand, while also being more advanced, this allows the

classroom to evolve and transform the classroom. I am going to be a future teacher and I know

just how important technology will be to enhancing my classroom. In an article by Siegle, the

author writes about the importance of technology and it’s impact in the classroom. Technology is

a very useful tool that teachers can use to enhance their instruction in the classroom. One way

that it does this is by allowing teachers to differentiate student’s learning. This is very important

because no student learns the same and there will be students that need more attention and

assistance in other students in the classroom. Also it can assist students that have not been

present for a lesson, the internet has many sites that will teach students a lesson. (Siegle, 2014).

Both students and teachers benefit when they have technology inside the classroom because it

can allow students access to more information and practice on topics when they need it.

Teachers will always be tasked with assessing if students understand the material that has

been taught. The two forms of assessment are formative and summative assessment. Formative

assessment takes place inside the classroom several times a day. It is an informal way for

teachers to challenge the student’s comprehension and can be done through questioning, exit

tickets and polls to name a few. The results from this form of assessment will allow the teacher

to modify the lesson or material if needed. Modifications can be made if the students weren’t

understanding and there needing to be more practice or the lesson could be moved on faster than

expected due to students understanding the material. The other form of assessment is summative

assessment, this form of testing is formal. Examples of summative assessment are the end of a

chapter test or the state standards (Buhagiar, 2014). These forms of assessment a lot of the time
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having technology assist in enhancing them. For example teachers can use a site like Socrative to

create an assessment that will be easy for a teacher to create and it also allows for immediate

feedback so the student knows how well they did or where they need assistance and also for a

teacher to know how to move the lesson forward from there, based off their students overall

scores.

In an article by Cox she explains the importance of technology inside the classroom due

to it preparing students for their future. It stated how almost all jobs now consist of some form of

technology usage and how students need to understand how to work and maneuver forms of

technology to be prepared when they have a job (Cox, 2014). As a teacher it is our duty to ensure

that we are teaching our students but also preparing them for the “real world.” Technology is a

now a part of every day life and therefore when students come into the classroom there should be

no shortage of technology. When teachers are using technology and demonstrating how to use

and maintain it they are setting an example for their students. When a teacher allows students to

use technology it opens them up to learning and understanding the technology, it allows them to

be hands on. This is so powerful because this is a skill that they will take outside of the

classroom and grow from.

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References

Buhagiar, M. A., & Chetcuti, D., A. (2014). Assessing The Field Placement In Initial Teacher

Education: Finding A Balance Between Formative and Summative Assessment. Problems

of Education In The 21st Century, 5839-52.

Cox, J. (2014). Benefits of Technology In The Classroom. Retreived from

http://www.teachhub.com/benefits-technology-classroom

Siegle, D. (2014). Technology: Differentiating Instruction By Flipping The Classroom. Gifted

Child Today, 37(1), 51-55.