This document discusses the benefits of using technology in K-12 classrooms. It argues that technology can help engage students and make learning more interactive. It also claims technology can transform classrooms by turning teachers into guides and allowing students to learn at their own pace. Additionally, the document suggests technology can boost students' self-esteem and make information more accessible.

1. Technology in the K-12
Classroom
By Thanhtruc Hoang

2. It is important that teachers use technology
as a device to help students learn in a fun
and interactive environment.

3. Performance
 “Studies have shown that students
using technology as an education
tool become more engaged in the
process and more interested in
growing their knowledge base --
in some cases, to the point that
they don't even realizing they're
actively learning.”
---Scott Steinberg

4. Grading the Digital School
 “The digital push here aims to go far beyond gadgets to
transform the very nature of the classroom, turning the
teacher into a guide instead of a lecturer, wandering
among students who learn at their own pace on Internet-
connected devices.”
--- Matt Richtel

5. Building self esteem
“A related technology effect
stressed by many teachers was
enhancement of student self
esteem. Both the increased
competence they feel after
mastering technology-based
tasks and their awareness of
the value placed upon
technology within our culture,
led to increases in students'
(and often teachers') sense of
self worth.”

6. Getting the Information…
“Educators of years
past have always
yearned for a way to
make information
easily accessible to
students. With the
advent of computers
and the internet,
access to information
became easier.”

7. Keeping track of students learning…
•“One way of making sure students focus on
the lessons instead of the distractions
provided by new technologies is by
providing a way for educators to track the
students' activities using the technology
chosen by the school.”

8. “The benefits of technology in education reach
across all grade levels, from K-12 all the way up
to colleges and universities. “

10. Reference
 http://www.edutopia.org/blog/back-to-school-ipads-5-steps-beth-
holland?gclid=CKHJ94DU-bkCFURp7AodJkoA_g
 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-steinberg/technology-for-schools-
an_b_2805201.html
 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/technology/technology-in-schools-
faces-questions-on-value.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
 http://www2.ed.gov/pubs/EdReformStudies/EdTech/effectsstudents.html
 http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/educational_technology/classroom/