21st Century Learning and Teaching

Deploying education technology in your classroom is a big task. Here's a few things to know about before you make the leap.

Safety First

We would like to believe that everyone using your school’s wireless will be completely appropriate online. However, that is not always the case. As your school begins to move toward integrating technology into the classroom, you must create a terms of use policy. Students, and teachers, should be familiar with this policy. They should have access to the policy and be required to sign it before they are allowed Internet access.

IT Support Staff

With a large amount of wireless use, an IT support staff is inevitable. Be sure your school is equipped with IT support. Whether this is designated teachers or an entirely separate staff, make sure someone knows how to fix problems when they arise. Keep these staff well versed on all devises that will be used in the classrooms.

Staff Training

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The amount of technology flooding into classrooms may vary widely, but there’s no denying that it’s a red-hot trend in education. A new study further bolsters this idea as it’s found that digital devices are saving students time, are widely accepted, and are actually making students more likely to do their homework.

All these factoids and more are presented in the study by CourseSmart and Wakefield Research which focused on more than 500 currently enrolled college students. It found that nearly all of the students (98%) that own a device have used it in school. 90% of these students say it saves them time, too. Here’s the rundown of what the study found according to a recent MarketWatch article (also check out the handy infographic below for even more details)...

Read more, very interesting...:

http://edudemic.com/2012/08/new-study-finds-11-real-ways-technology-is-affecting-education-right-now/

What are the most critical technology skills for students to learn? We recently asked our readers this question, and here's what they had to say.

Read more:

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2012/09/04/five-technology-skills-every-student-should-learn/