Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Reflection: Positive and negative effects of tech in early education
I read an interesting article on the positive and negative effects of the use of technology in early education focusing on five year olds. This was a fascinating article and I was particularly interested to find a negative view on the use of technology in education. Granted, the negative opinion was at the end and not covered in very much depth but the author made the mention of an opposing view. The article focused on the positive elements that are associated with the use of technology in education based on several pedagogical theories such as social constructivism and behaviorism. The positive aspect I believe most worthy of mention are the benefits of social interaction between the kids. according to the article the benefits of kids engaging in technological activities to help each other solve problems. Overall its a great article worth further study.
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I read this article as well I think or at least similar to it. The one thing that I found very interesting was that technology increased social interaction between kids, coming into this year I would have never thought that technology can increase the communication between students. After being in this class and looking at technology in the classroom in great detail I can see how it really does improve communication.
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Jordan and Rich,
ReplyDeleteI agree, before this class I didn't think of many positive aspects of technology, especially in communication. I like the idea of projects that have students work together on them (send them back and forth) and the e-pals. Students can truly learn a lot from each other and from students from different cultures.
Sara
Rich, thanks for linking the article. I am very interested in reading this. I'm so glad to hear that so many of you are seeing the positive benefits of using technology in the classroom. I think one of the most valuable aspects is the cross-cultural learning and connections students make. It's very exciting!
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