TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION

TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION

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The incorporation of technology and the use of the tools of Web 2.0 to the didactic model have been revolutionizing the way how it is taught in modern educational institutions, learning today is more participatory, more collaborative, and more social.

Technology has become a key element of a systematic and structured strategy that seeks to achieve that the student understands why must learn, that application has that knowledge and how you can use that academic input to create value for it, its family and society. There are reference about some examples of how it is incorporating technology as an ally in the implementation of modern educational approaches:

• Virtual classrooms: virtual classroom is a concept that offers possibilities for teaching online regardless of time or location. Technological platforms, such as the LMS (Learning management system) have allowed several centers of learning to begin to offer academic programs completely virtual.

• Project-based learning: project-based learning is a learning model in which students plan, implement and evaluate projects that have application in the real world. Collaborative tools of project management in the cloud of the type are excellent for this purpose available tools can include: Mavelink, Asana, Basecamp, Teamwork.

• Gaming: apply the Gaming in the field of education is to use key elements of games to guide learning. Recently, Electronic Art announced the launch of SimCityEdu, based on their successful video game SimCity, which is a technological platform where teachers and students can analyze critical challenges faced by the modern cities.

• Inverted classroom: YouTube, KanAcademy and managers of Blogs are platforms suitable to produce or select content that students should study outside the classroom; This allows class clarifies concepts, participate in Dynamics, made practical workshops, in the end, the student manages to live the learning in the classroom.

• Storytelling: tell a story as part of the learning is not new; however, the incorporation of technology has boosted the narrative-based learning. Adobe Slate is an excellent example of a tool that can be used for this purpose.

No doubt the technology is a determining factor in the modern teaching and learning process.