Why+use+technology?

Home II Current Use II Future II Hazen II School 2.0 II Technology Tool II Why use Technology

Why do we need to use technology? - We need to use technology to enhance student mastery of our curriculum. - so that students can learn how to gain knowledge on their own and share what they discover - to foster communication and collaboration - to perform tasks more easily, more effectively and more efficiently - to teach current generation of digital learners - to ease other cognitive demands placed upon learners - Pivotal that technology is not taught in isolation to learn specific applications, but to move students to higher level of learning - transfer of skills to new situations


 * 21st century skills require the use of technology. Students need to be productive members of the 21st century society.
 * Technology is ubiquitous, you can't ignore it.
 * Technology (the Internet, specifically) provides access to an almost infinite amount of information on absolutely anything that anyone would want to know. Why wouldn't you want kids to use it?