Teaching and Technology

 

Today a lot of what we do in our every day lives is based around technology. Out of the entire United States 78% of us have and use our smart phones daily, and every 4 in 5 families have at least one computer, either desktop or laptop. Which is primarily why education is moving in the same direction. In Teaching and Learning with Technology, Judy Lever-Duffy points out "Teachers know instinctively that the more interactive and multisensory they make their teaching the more likely learning will occur. Common sense and instructional experiences have taught us that a lesson delieved with both aaudio and visual support. Few people would disagree."

Mililani High School
 
At Mililani High School, quite a few of there classes incorporate the use of audio visuals, along with new and up to date tech equipment. In their foreign languages department, Senora Brown, teachs her students that practice makes perfect using the new Ipad 3, when it first came out. Her lesson plans were constructed around the use of the Ipads, for interactive games, talk aloud practices, quizzes, and so much more. She even has her students present their mid-term "If you could travel one place around the world.." project through the ipad technologies, but connected to a smart board, so everyone could see.


Mid- Pac Institution

Another serious contender on Oahu, is the private school Mid-Pac. They have developed many interactive courses that involve the use of technology. Like in the picture above, they use a classroom ipad to predict what will happen in their scientific experiment. The ipad can compare and contrast the students predictions, oberservations, and facts of what actually happen to help compare accuracy. Mid Pac, has adapted to new ways because they feel that by actively incorporating technology into the classroom they have more student-centered learning. More and more students have speaking up and chosing their own learning path as they continue to build a professional learning community that includes teachers, students and their parents.Visual learning, has given them many authentic experiences, and also them to have a wide variety of assessment methods beyond the a-typical standardized test.

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