Reflection Four

8 Ways Technology Is Improving Education

I thought this article was interesting because it gives some of the main reasons that technology could be used by teachers help their students.
These are some of the ways that technology is improving education:

• Better Simulations and Models- meaning that there will be better ways to demonstrate lessons and examples.
• Global Learning- this will make it easy for kids to learn different languages because they will be interacting with people of the native country they are trying to speak. 
• Visual Manipulatives- are problems that are used on the computer and can be solved and figured out.
• Probes and Sensors- this is showing how things move, it makes it simple to describe things like speed, heat, pH, etc...
• More Efficient Assessment- meaning that there is a quick and easy to assess if kids are understanding the formative assessment part of learning.
• Storytelling and Multimedia- this is an easy way to make kids understand and be engaged in their learning.
• E-Books- are accessible and an easy way to purchase textbooks. This also helps kids who have IEP's for reading because many E-Books are audio books as well.
• Epistemic Games- these games put students in roles such as city planner or journalist and ask them to solve real world problems. 

 I love the way technology is being used because it is taking things that kids already enjoy and integrating them into their learning.