Sunday, February 20, 2011
Advantages and disadvantages
Incorporating mobile computing devices in the classroom has been some what a challenge but over the years has really shown improvement. Using technology in classrooms opens a whole new door for the kids today. They are able to access the abundance to learning tools available to them using the internet. From doing research on line to typing research papers to even attending classes without being in the class rooms. It does have its downsize because student tend to depend on technology too much and not using their own intellect. They tend not to think for themselves and us the technology to to think for them. Enhancing a student learning can be easy when you incorporate something that they are use to like the computers, mobile devices etc.... and so forth. If we choose the right resources and the right learning materials mobile computing ion classrooms can be wonderful.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
That is a big disadvantages for the children to depend on the techonology. They forget how to spell, and do math. I see that now with the children, they are quick to grab a calculator and ask you how to spell simple words. I always make them do the math first and then let them check their answers with the calulator and to get the dictionary and look up the word for themselves.
ReplyDeleteResearch has shown that having students look up words in the dictionary is not an effective instructional strategy for teaching them how to spell words. Teachers that use developmentally appropriate practice are turning to an alternative method of teaching spelling that uses the study of words. Children are taught to investigate and understand patterns found in words. Students learn to spell a number of words by using word families. For example, how many words might a child be able to spell if he/she learned the "ike" word family? (Mike, like, hike, bike, etc.) Since so many words in our vocabulary have Greek and Latin roots, you can greatly increase your vocabulary by knowing 30 of the most common roots and understanding how put words parts (i.e., roots, prefixes, and suffixes) together to form new words. This also help students understand the meaning of words not just memorize the spelling.
ReplyDelete