susanarnold

Technology in appears to be rapidly growing. When I was in grade school and high school in the mid sixties and late seventies, technology was limited to projectors, and audiovisuals. When I was in college in the eighties and early nineties technology was changing somewhat, but nothing like we see today. In my opinion, the technology that exists today makes learning easier and faster, and opens the door to so much more information than ever before. I remember the days spent in the library looking for books, journals, and periodicals; looking through card catalogs to find where to look for these items. Then once you were lucky to find them, because someone else could have them, you stood in line at the copier and waited to make many copies. So much wasted time, money, and paper. Today at a click of a couple buttons you have unlimited resources available. Teachers can spend more time developing their teaching techniques, and students can use their extra time really learning. Also, in many ways technology can make learning more enjoyable. I see it with my own children, they can go to so many interesting sites to find out all kinds of information about a topic they are researching. When you have to do a research paper or presentation, there are so many different applications you can add to make it unique and entertaining while educational. Technology is not in my comfort zone at the moment, but I am so anxious to learn and become more comfortable. I cannot wait to then someday apply what I will learn into my nursing education and when I become a Nurse Educator.

After reading chapter 1 in our textbook, I still feel that technology is a great way to enhance learning in children as well as adults. The learner will be more motivated because his attention is captivated more easily and also because he will have an active part in his learning. Technology can supplement and enhance what the educator is teaching by using so many different sources for the learner. The student can learn at his own pace and also choose what types of sources are most helpful to him. Time and money can be saved on the part of both the educator and the student. The student can spend less time on fact finding and more time on learning and understanding using different teaching tools. I feel children have a great advantage in their education today as opposed to when I was in school. On the other hand, it puts a burden on the educators to stay up to date on what is available for use in their teaching. I believe that the gains and help that these technologies will provide will far outweigh the burdens, my opinion of course.

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"Education is not the filing of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." William Butler Yeats

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