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Acceptable Responses to Review Question for Technology in the Science Classroom

From KNILT
  1. Technology is a great way to make things possible that previously were not possible. Sometimes things are too dangerous or expensive to do in a classroom. Also, students should have the chance to learn how to use new technologies so they are better prepared for life outside of school.
  2. Technology allows for more data to be collected. What used to require a stopwatch, for example, can now be recorded using something like Lab Quest. This records more information, more accurately. Students can do more with the data this way. Again, this is what is used in the real world, so it prepares them for that.
  3. Apps: Leafsnap, Pocket Universe, 3D Sun, etc. Google Drive, Skype, etc.
  4. Technology is a tool for the classroom. It helps students learn and do more. It should not be the focus of a classroom. That is, a teacher should never create a lesson to use technology, rather a piece of technology is used to enhance a lesson.
  5. Am I using technology for the sake of using technology? Am I using technology to do new things? Am I using technology for the sake of doing old things? etc. Basically, anything from The Thinking Stick article.




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