Do you view technology within a lesson as a lazy way for a teacher to teach students information? Or do you view technology within a lesson as a way to gain students' attention, teach in a more creative way and teach according to students' interest?
Me, I use technology to teach according to my students' interest. If they are interested in the presentation of the lesson, they will grasp more knowledge. I also use technology to gain and keep my students' attention. Teaching in the front of the class to students with moderate to severe disabilities and lack of attending skills can be rough. I have learned that. Before I started to use technology in my classroom to introduce or review a lesson, I found my staff and I spending almost the whole lesson redirecting the students attention back on me. When I started using technology, my students were more focused and willing to participate in the lesson. To them, it was like watching an interactive cartoon on TV. To me, it was a different, but successful way of presenting a lesson to my students.
How do you view technology within a lesson?
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