TECHNOLOGY AND THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS: TRANSFORMING CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES
TECHNOLOGY AND THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS: TRANSFORMING CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES
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技术与教育过程:改变课堂活动
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2000
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Devon C. Duhaney
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Devon C. Duhaney
Technology is now being widely used in the classroom to enhance and enrich teaching and learning. The availability of new information technology is contributing to many innovations in classroom activities. Strategies/techniques now used to support technology in teaching and learning enable teachers to work collaboratively with students while the students themselves become more immersed in their own learning. The purpose of this paper is to explore the integration of technology in the education process and some of the changes they have generated in classroom activities. New information technologies are increasingly being adapted and integrated into the educational process. The growing use of these technologies in teaching and learning activities has given rise to numerous questions. Are the new technologies changing the traditional approach to classroom activities? How much are the technologies changing the strategies/techniques used in the delivery of instruction? Are the technologies changing the quality of interpersonal relations in our classroom? This paper explores the integration of technology in the education process and some of the changes they have generated in classroom activities. Technology of one kind or the other has always been used in the educational environment. For years the printed page, chalk and chalkboard, overhead projectors, filmstrips, 35mm films, and other devices have been utilized, and continue to feature in the teaching and learning process. The use of these technologies very often confined instructional and learning activities to a specific place and time. However, the emergence of newer forms of technology (e.g., computers, computer discs interactive (CD-i), videodiscs, DVD, desktop videoconferencing, Intemet) have created a renewed interest for their use in supporting teaching and leaming activities. These technologies are also capable of promoting educational activities (synchronous or asynchronous) which are not confined to specific time and/or place. The adoption and use of these technologies for instruction and leam