As a teacher today, one of your responsibilities is to teach your students that technology can be used educationally, not just for recreation. Not only do you have to convince them that educational activities are fun, but then you have to keep them under control. Before each activity, you must plan the lesson, prepare the workstations (or computers, or tablets, etc), and plan what to do if something goes wrong. Telling students their learning objectives before the lesson begins will help them to focus on the important aspects of the activity, not just the "fun" part. Do not spend too much time on the computers though, or students with other learning styles will become bored or restless. You may also want to allow your students free time to "explore" on the computers.
I think that most of these classroom suggestions are good strategies to consider using in the classroom. It definitely depends on the ages of the children though. You would need to be very careful allowing younger children to "explore" the internet. I do not think that it is difficult anymore to convince children that technological educational activities are fun. I think most kids would be eager to get up from their desks to have computer time, no matter what activity is involved. In order for any of these strategies to work, you must first set up a very specific set of computer rules and procedures for your students to follow. I think that telling students about the objectives could be beneficial in all subjects or learning activities. Overall, these strategies sound like good ideas. Some people may say that teachers do not have time to plan activities using technology, but if you focus the technology lesson on a subject you would otherwise be teaching anyway, it shouldn't take much extra time. You would already be spending time planning that lesson, why not incorporate technology?
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