Students Speak Out on Benefits of Technology

Being able to keep up with the job skills necessary for their future came in a close second. Kids understand that their future is technology. According to article for Technology Tools for Today's Campuses, Editor James Morris point out, "Our students are entering a world in which 60% of the jobs will require technological competency--a world in which they must continue to update their occupational and technological skills in order to be successful. We must enable them to become technologically competent. We must take advantage of the capacity of technology to enhance our traditional classroom presentations and to engage our students in active learning." It makes sense, then, that classrooms should be utilizing the latest technology and providing opportunities for students to do the same.

Some of the other benefits my students listed were that technology brings learning to life, there is more advanced learning software, and better research capabilities with the Internet. It's amazing what insight can be gained when we ask those directly involved in the educational process - "From the mouths of babes..."

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