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Why Technology is Essential to a 21st Century Education?

First, it is important to discuss the value 21st century education technology brings to the classroom environment. There are four major areas: First: The addition of technology into the classroom can help transform the classroom experience from a classic teacher centered one into a student-centered experience - with students taking a more active role in their learning. In a student-centered classroom, the teacher becomes more of a guide as the students [...]

KnowingTech2021-01-28T12:46:21-08:00May 18, 2015|

Technology In The Classroom: A Student-Centered Approach

In traditional classroom settings, teachers lecture while their students sit passively listening and watching, perhaps one student at a time might be called upon to reflect or answer a question. Today, this is known as a "teacher-centered" approach to learning. This typically occurs when there is no use of technology in the classroom. In contrast, a "student-centered" approach shifts the focus of activity from the teacher to the learners. The teacher [...]

KnowingTech2021-01-25T14:20:51-08:00May 18, 2015|

Donated equipment – maybe your school should pass

Last summer, a well-intentioned parent at an area school proposed a sizable donation. It was, he claimed, a very valuable piece of his company's technology infrastructure: A Storage Area Network, referred to hereafter as “SAN". Now for those readers that don’t know what a SAN is, or are wondering now why they don’t have one, it is a large (often very large) set of equipment that interconnects many storage devices [...]

KnowingTech2021-01-25T14:21:15-08:00January 25, 2015|