The Spartanburg County Instructional Technology Academy

Teachers are helped by technology when they can learn from its seemingly inumerable disadvantages and reflect on its relevancy for everyday learning to take place.

I absolutely love technology and I am a big proponent of it within the classroom. Last year, I had a promethean board in my classroom and it was used on a daily basis. We used it for powerpoints, interactive websites, united streaming videos, as a literacy work station, and also for simple word processing for [...]

Pros:  The “cool” factor is definitely a pro for technology.  I think if you can get a student’s attention and they say “wow, that’s cool” they’re more apt to listen and take notice.  Another pro I see is that children in today’s society are so surrounded by technology and used to the overload, although they [...]

Quotes from my children:  ”I like to use the ipods so I don’t have to listen to the teacher yap.”  “I like the Promethean board when the teacher lets me use it.”  “Most of my teachers don’t use technology, well sometimes the Promethean board.”
Education is helped by technology because the students become more  excited and involved in the [...]

Hardware and software tools have a high WOW! factor in the classroom. They have the ability to grab the most bored and the most reluctant learners. These tools can also be powerful change agents for students who have always failed at traditional school.
Several years ago when PowerPoint was first available in my district, there was [...]

How is education better with technology?  Kinesthetic student learners benefit from the hands on use that  technology provides. Visual learners, especially the hearing impaired profit from the projection of text and image and from animated images on the computer.  All students learn better when they are focused and involved in the learning process which technology provides.
Technology can be [...]

I love using technology in my classroom and the kids do too.  I’ve had a Promethean Board in my second grade classroom for the last two years.  It has definitely helped me reach my students in a way that they find different,  interesting and fun.  This past year I found that one of their favorite [...]

Technology can be used as a wonderful tool in education.   Technology can be used to engage students in learning.  Many technologies are fun for the user.  It can have a “wow” effect.  They also can be used to bring a visual or audio component to a lesson in the form of pictures, video, or audio.  [...]

Technolgy is a help in the world of education in many ways.  First, as we all know, with so many digital screens in front of our kids, it is familiar to them.  It should keep the students more engaged if used appropriately.  Think of it like teaching the same stuff, just a different delivery method.  [...]

No one doubts that technology has had a major impact on education.  From basic word processing to researching websites on the internet to engaging in Web 2.0 activities, students are exposed daily to technological resources.  Indeed, a school’s standing is sometimes gauged according to the amount of technological finesse it boasts.
Moreover, the technology can make [...]

Technology is one of the greatest ways to enhance instruction in this present day and age.  It gives you an opportunity to put learning in a format that closely mimics students’ everyday life, so they relate treadily to instuction enhanced and stregthened by technology and learning becomes more inviting and and relevant to them.  Technology [...]

Technology in education can be extremely helpful for bringing experiences to children who might not be able to have those experiences on their own.  Technology also allows the user to be in control of their own learning.  Finally, the use of technology in the classroom is helping to prepare out children to be competative in [...]

1. How is education better with technology?
Education is better with technology because it allows us to use tools that enhance students’ learning. Technology actively engages students and keeps their focus and attention for longer periods of time. The forms of technology that are now available bring new experiences and perspectives to kids that may not [...]

How is education better with technology?
Edcuation has been bettered with the use of technology in several ways. Technology has allowed us to open up the classroom and given teachers a global reach. Virtual field trips have allowed teachers to take their classes around the world. Technology has also enabled teachers to reach students “where [...]