In fact, students these days are so accustomed to using the Internet that more schools and universities are consistently implementing
computers as their teaching tools.
In fact, students these days are so familiar with using the Internet that a growing number of universities and schools are constantly implementing
computers as their teaching tools.
Not exact matches
With a magnification
tool powerful enough to complete one continuous zoom from an altitude of 38,000 miles to
as low
as 25 feet, and an ever - expanding network of related resources, it's a practically limitless
teaching tool — that is, for schools with the high - speed Internet access and late - model
computers they'll need to run the program.
You also have provided yourself with the opportunity to use the
computer not just
as a
tool you
teach with, but also
as a
tool through which you
teach.
This is a series of animated flash movies for students to use on a
computer, to go through
as homework, or for you to use on an IWB
as an exposition
teaching tool.
How Teachers View Technology A recent «Teachers Talk Tech» survey found that the majority of teachers view
computer technology
as a valuable
teaching tool that can improve students» academic performance and attention in class, while strengthening the lines of communication with parents.
Using this research
as a starting point, we can engage preservice teachers in developing habits / skills necessary to identify the best
teaching tools to help students, whether they are
computer - based technologies or not.
Mean scores for the survey item, «Using
computer technologies
as a
tool to reflect upon my
teaching practices is a powerful way to improve them,» were also incorporated into the analysis for the fourth research question.
Results of the survey item, «Using
computer technologies
as a
tool to reflect upon my
teaching practices is a powerful way to improve them,» can be found in Figure 4.
Nearly every published comparative study has concluded that modern, non-animal
teaching -
tools such
as interactive
computer simulations can
teach anatomy and complex biological processes at least
as well
as animal dissection.
Topics addressed in the open - ended questions included hardware and software purchases funded by the PT3 grant; ways in which students were using technology in learning; participation in grant - sponsored professional development activities; ways in which the knowledge and experiences from professional development activities were being used; ways in which the combination of hardware, software, and professional development affected the educators» professional, administrative, and instructional work; and their opinions of the importance of
computers as tools for
teaching and learning in K - 12 settings.
In educational technology, situated cognition has been adopted
as a valid and useful
tool for
computer - based instruction, the design of technology, and the use of technology to enhance the
teaching process (Altalib, 2002; Hansman & Wilson, 2002).
Teachers» resistance to change and «fear» of integrating
computers into classrooms resulted from not recognizing the usefulness and necessity of technology to
teaching and learning; teachers still viewed the
computer as a part of the curriculum rather than
as a
tool for
teaching (Medcalf - Davenport, 1998).
Lego Mindstorms is a great
tool to
teach robotics,
as it involves the familiar format of building with Legos and is paired with a simple
computer software that young students can use to program a robot.
From its inception, the Modeling Instruction program has been concerned with reforming high school
teaching disciplines to make them more coherent and student - centered, and to incorporate the
computer as an essential modeling
tool.