Keeping up with the times
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Teachers must stay up to date with new technologies to help students develop critical thinking skills needed for an increasingly technological society, but some students lack internet access, creating an educational divide. The document argues that every classroom should incorporate technology and properly train teachers to address this issue.
Keeping up with the times
- 1. Keeping up with the timesTechnologyIn theClassroom
- 2. Responsibilities of an educator:Include (but are not limited to): ensuring that students have the skills to problem solve and think critically about issues and matters relative to their jobs, life, and society (particularly a technologically dependant society).Teachers must stay up to date with yearly advances in technology, in order to better instruct their students.
- 3. An educational divideBecause there are so many education tool and sources of new information online, children with internet access have and advantage over students with out. This creates a certain educational divide.
- 4. AnswerThe answer is class room reform that involves the inclusion of technology in EVERY classroom and the proper training of teachers on the subject.
- 5. CHECK THIS OUTNorth Central Regional Educational Library.http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/technlgy/te600.htmCritical issues: Technology