Saturday, July 12, 2008

Affect of technology in students' and teachers' learning

According to B.F. Skinner in his book "The Technology Teaching", argued that classrooms are inefficient places for learning because number of students together with differences in their learning progress, make it difficult for teachers to effectively reinforce and shape behaviours. So, this is where technology can be very helpful. Teachers sometimes cannot give feedback to all students at once and to correct them. Therefore, teachers can use the suitable software that allow the computers to provide immediate response and corrective feedback. So, students won't be afraid if they fall out from the track. Besides, technology provide rich learning environment. For example, students can see clearly the process of photosynthesis in an animated form along with the verbal narrations and visual information in a short time unlike in the textbook where movement and motion are impossible. So, it can attract students' attention to the topic and helps their learning. In addition, software allow the students to re-do some experiments if they not able to get the result for the first time. It is actually very helpful because it can increase students' motivation to learn and try until they succeed.
As for the teachers, internet provides them with wide range of space for them to learn. For example, forum allows them to chat with other educators all around the world and and from there you can learn how they do to improve the teaching and learning process and share whatever input or resources others have that beneficial to you. To be teachers in this era, teachers must either learn to equip themselves with ICT's skills or they will be left behind.

1 comments:

Iman said...

i agree with u when u said that there are tech stuffs at school but the teachers seems do not want to use it. i think that we have to realize that those teachers are teachers who were train to use traditional methods to teach. we can see clearly that there are some of them have difficulties in using the power point to be use in their teaching. so what i'm suggesting is, when we face this kind of situation, we have to do firstly is to prove to them that that technology can enhance the teaching and learning. for example by doing presentation. we can manipulate the resources that we have using the technology and make them interested to learn more about it. i think it will be a good start for them. dont u think so??