Friday, January 13, 2012

How to Make Your Class Tech - Savvy and Student-Friendly?


There are a lot of technology based tools available these days suitable for classroom usage; however many teachers either may not be aware of their existence or are not fully trained in using those solutions. A majority of schools today are using technology-driven solutions quite successfully. Technology helps the education fraternity to remain connected and updated about practically everything happening around them. From this standpoint, teachers can invite technology usage in their classrooms to let the students stay hooked on to their studies.
While going to school every day, students can carry their laptops or digital notebooks to stay connected to the internet. However, nowadays many schools are allocating computer access to each individual learner for sharing and downloading important website links and files related to their course.
Teachers are also allowing their students to carry cell phones to classrooms and most importantly use them during school hours. Mobile-optimized websites can be easily browsed using a mobile phone which has web access.
Students should be allowed to post important news and informative articles on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and so on to share the experiences with their online friends. Often, you can resolve a complex math problem and find answers to a question by asking your followers on various social networking sites. Teachers can also use YouTube and such other video sharing sites to upload useful educational video clips for enhanced learning and advanced know-how.
Students can also email the teacher seeking clarifications. Instructors get the chance to give quick responses to such questions at their convenience beyond normal school hours. Class administrators can also use the emailing tool to instantly respond to the student with their suggestions in real-time. New students may also be contacted in this manner.
Majority of schools supporting the usage of technology encourages their students to create personal blogs. They can post interesting articles written either by them or by some noted educationalist on their blogs. Such a web platform can also be used to share important website hyperlinks, pictures, and video clips at anytime from any place in the world.
Many professors use LCD projectors in the classrooms to show interesting slide shows and presentations to the learners. For schools that cannot afford to buy computers for each student can of course use one computer to turn it into a powerful learning medium for a group of learners. Using LCD projectors also leads to higher interactivity in classrooms since people can easily relate to an audio visual more than just plain text.
Using technology can be fun at the school, college or at a university. Learners are more enthusiastic to find ready answers to otherwise difficult questions and chat with their peers studying in some other educational institute. Thus, through the usage of online learning solutions, quality knowledge transfer can take place in almost no time.

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