I have been teaching digital media and Internet marketing on the collegiate level for about 2 years and using technology is absolutely necessary for my classes and my students. Does it make them more interested in the topic? I would have to answer that it depended on the class and the technology. Very frequently I find it to be more of a distraction than anything else, though.

That said, when I think back to when I was in elementary, middle, and high school, I LOVED any class that had technology associated with it. Forget English classes, I wanted to be on computers or working with electronics. I believe those classes helped create the strong desire that I have to this day to be around, using, tinkering, and taking apart tech devices and concepts. Of course, this was 15+ years ago and technology has come a long way since my parent’s Commodore 64/128 and Prodigy.

The question now is if technology will be able to reignite the passion for math, science, and reading in US students who for the most part are digital natives? Apple and other companies are betting on it by bringing devices like laptops and iPads into classrooms as early as elementary school.

So the question is, can Apple and/or technology save education in the US?

 

Via: OnlineEducation.net