ROLES OF EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY:

•TO PREPARE STUDENTS TO BECOME ACTIVE,SUCCESSFUL, AND CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

• Education is no longer about listening to the teacher talk and absorbing the information.

• students will need to able to acquire new information as problems arise.

• they will need to connect the new information with the knowledge they already have.

• apply it to solving the problem on hand.• learned how to learn on their own.• the teacher would act as facilitator for the students.

•Students must learn how to collaborate with others•Students should be encouraged to work together to discover information, piece it together, and construct meaning.•Students learn to recognize the different strengths and talents each person can bring.

• The teacher still provides guidance as to the skills that need to be acquired.

• The teacher can make point of helping students to understand how the skills they are building can be applied in their lives.

The Role of Technology in 21st Century

Learning

1.Technology allows for 24/7 access to information

2.Constant social interaction

3.Easily created and shared digital content

ENDS HERE! “We need to embrace technology to make learning more engaging. Because when students are engaged and they are interested, that's

where learning takes place.” -Anonymous