EMBRACE TECHNOLOGY THAT TRANSFORMS LEARNING INTO TRIUMPHANT VICTORY!!!!"-

EMBRACE TECHNOLOGY THAT TRANSFORMS LEARNING INTO TRIUMPHANT VICTORY!!!!"-

Digital technology is intertwined in almost every aspect of our lives. It affects how we connect with people, how we shop, how we do our business and pay our bills, and, most importantly, how we learn. Effectively using technology is a 21st-century skill that every human being needs. It makes sense that we use this valuable learning tool in our classroom.
If you're still on the fence or wary about incorporating digital technology into your daily lessons, here are 10 reasons why your classroom needs technology.

1. It Prepares Students for Their Future
There is no denying that digital technology is here to stay. As technology evolves, we must evolve along with it. By keeping up with the ever-changing tech tools in your classroom today, you are preparing your students for the future careers tomorrow.

We need to prepare its students to meet the demands of an increasingly technological world, indeed if it is to be effective at all, it must integrate technology into the academic curriculum. The prospect of personal technology in school, however, makes some teachers and administrators uncertain about how to proceed. After all, what will students be doing with their cell phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs)? Will they be looking up facts on the Internet, seeking answers from friends, or perhaps ending a copy of a test to a friend?

This ambivalence about technology stems in part from our own experience with it. The very electronic devices that have become an extension of our children are an enigma to many of us in the older generation. The buttons — in fact, the entire keyboard — on these device s are often too small for us to see and use. We can’t read the screen. Technology alienates us from one another, or we become dependent on it. In short, we tend to see technology as a problem rather than a solution — for us as educators and for students in the classroom. In this scenario, we are unwittingly failing to prepare our students for a technology-driven world that is nothing like the place that many of us graduated into. Yet, the reality is that students of the 21st century need a technology-based education to survive in a technological world.

Information and communication technologies can help transform Our education into a model of 21st century learning, outlines goals in five key areas: learning, assessment, teaching, infrastructure, and productivity. "Just as technology is at the core of virtually every aspect of our daily lives and work, we must leverage it to provide engaging and powerful learning experiences," the report states. In conjunction with the plan, the education department has called for higher standards, particularly in reading and math, and better use of data to make sure students are meeting more rigorous standards.

The fact is that, while our school system is getting better at educating all students, many young people lack the skills and knowledge they need to be successful. This is not because schools have failed, but because society demands a higher level and different set of skills than schools were ever designed to teach. Educators have realized this and have spent billions of money nationwide to bring computers into the classroom to help remedy the problem. But instead of using technology to create a new model for change, schools have incorporated computers into the existing structure. Rather than having students use computers, say, to better understand a math equation through a virtual hands-on activity, teachers may limit the use of that tool to word processing, much as we used the typewriter a generation ago.