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Technology in Education
Introduction and Background
As technology continues to creep it’s way into education today, our primary and secondary schools are doing little or nothing to accommodate this educational advantage. If we want to prevent this problem from escalating even further there needs to be some changes in our education system. ... Requiring exams would result in a good base of technology knowledge for teachers to pass on to their students. ... Include Technology in Curriculums of Younger Students
Description
Start students learning basic technological skills at a younger age in order to help them in their secondary and post-secondary education. ... Include Computer Literacy in Graduation Standards
Description
Add computer literacy knowledge to high school graduation standards to properly prepare them for their post-secondary education. ... Allow More of the School’s Budget to Go Towards Technology
Description
Appoint more money to technology in the school would improve our terrible student to computer ratio in America’s primary and secondary schools.
Merits
With plans for a good technology education program, schools can acquire the money they need from one of the many grants available today.
Shortcomings
Schools don’t have enough money to fund all the activities that they currently have; therefore, to spend some if it on technology would cause for major cutbacks on their existing ones. ... These aspects are broken up into six essential elements in which computer literacy courses should follow:
- Overcoming negative attitudes or fears
- Familiarizing users with the basic components of a computer
- Describing what computers and computer programs can and cannot do
- Introducing computer programming
- Identifying sources of information about computers and software
- Discussing the impact of computers on society (Foell 1983)
With the improvement of the teachers’ skills in the technology field, they will be able to better educate their students in utilizing the computer as a learning tool.
Approximate Word count = 1183
Approximate Pages = 4.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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