Employing Technology in Schools

The use of technology in schools encourages collaboration and teamwork by having students work together on significant projects to solve problems. Moreover, students who develop strong collaboration skills are likely to be better problem solvers, foster better relationships, and demonstrate greater creativity.

FREMONT, CA: As of 2019, approximately 7.7 billion people have accessed the internet for work and leisure purposes, and the number is expected to grow as internet invasion expands throughout the world. To prepare pupils for living and to work in a quickly-evolving world that centers on technology, the school ought to provide differentiated support, make learning fun, and teach collaboration skills. 

Differentiated Support 

Technology employment in schools facilitates teachers to differentiate learning in ways that would be nearly impossible without artificial intelligence and machine learning. Present-day classrooms require differentiation for each student. That differentiation can be in the form of scaffolded instructions, where pupils take in small bites of learning. Each lesson builds on the previous one. 

Another form of differentiation includes student-paced learning, where students move through lessons at different rates. They can work ahead or take extra time for learning, depending on their comprehension of the concepts. Besides, differentiation makes education accessible to each student, and no child gets left out of a lesson. Individualizing instruction takes a lot of time. Therefore, technology gives the educator an advantage when designing instruction, and likewise, the students benefit from the customization.

Collaboration Skills

The use of technology in schools encourages collaboration and teamwork by having students work together on significant projects to solve problems. Moreover, students who develop strong collaboration skills are likely to be better problem solvers, foster better relationships, and demonstrate greater creativity.