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Are Learning Apps Helping or Hurting Education ? - Coggle Diagram
Are Learning Apps Helping or Hurting Education ?
devalues social interaction
: instead of interacting with thep peers or teacher kids become absorbed with the activitiies on the computers
technology imbalance leads to learning disparties
: those who have familiarity with the tablets and computers have an advantages over the kids who do not.
many teacher are not familiar with TechEd
: unless they graduated after 2010, they have not received significant training in the use apps and computers to enhance their students' education.
the downside of individualized learning
: student may get to involved in education app and lose interest in the classroom.
deemphasis of traditional learning skills
: you had to research to find the right source material and interpret the meaning of the material on your own.
distraction
: Many student are savvy with computers and they always try to find a wat to use their school to surf the web or play games.
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technology malfunction
: it is not uncommon for a WiFi network to fo down or a tablet break.
attention and emotional development
: Daniel Goleman Ph.D, worries that the use of technology is affecting the ability of children to focus and may impact emotional development.
General Idea :
This article shows the advantages and disadvantages of using education apps for daily learning basis in classroom.
Introduction :
A millenium children born with technology as their companion. Technology also assimilated in education and using them in a classroom can create a better learning enviroment.
indvidualized learning
: an app can appeal to many different types of student.
special education barriers to learning can be removed
: technology may give children with dissabilities a way to learn that they do not receive in traditional classroom
Preparation for future
: using education apps prepare for the use technology
help student academic perfomance :
May Lopush found that elementary and middle shcooler who used various apps on Ipad, improved their perfomance on a national assessment of common core domains.
motivaton & engagement
: They are stmulating and fun
assist teacher
: In addition to assisting teacher with grading and organization, technology helps a teacher educate the students.
save the tress
: using education technology cut downs on the need for paper, writing utensils, and other school supplies.
The advantages:
The disadvantages :
Closing
Using education apps in schools is a double-edged sword. The one undeniable truth is that education technology is not going away. Schools must learn to integrate the use of education apps into their classrooms in an efficient way, without oversaturating the classroom environment. To that end, teachers need to receive significant additional training on how to use education technology productively.
If used responsibly, education apps can be a powerful tool to improve the education of our youth.