Why is Technology a challenge ?
Particular interest and needs demands that students learn 21th century skills:1.Using new technologies 2. Solving problems 3. Higher order thinking skills 4. Peer coaching 5. Constant learners Read, write, text , is not enough. Use of digital technology is the new layer of challenge to a big mission... ... Learning and Communication with new multiple media and hyperlinked technology |
Technology tools extend the teacher repertoire:
Interactive learning ,engage, collaborative, link the students with the world outside the classroom.
In his inaugural address President Barak Obama warned about the need to cut programs.“Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age. . . Our schools fail too many. We will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age … All this we can do. And all this we will do.” |
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