The need of storing information has being a serious concern for human being since the beginning of times.Early homo sapiens were using coal to draw symbols on cave walls so those simbol could be remembered and retieved when needed.In the same goal, human civilizations has advanced. Proudly large screen TV, PDAs, cell phones, portable storage devices, video games, MP3 players etc have replaced the rudimentary tools then used to store information. Now we have a lot in hand to teach our kids, faster and more effectively as required by the new century. We just have to be a little careful about technology we teach in classroom.
Just implementing technologies in classroom does not guarantee success. Nor does implementation means that all traditional methods of learning we had are necessarily outdated. Let's considere technology as new medium through which we treate information properly before we take it to our students. as teacchers, it is important to carefully assess how, when, and in what way technology will enhence the learning process.
Students need to clearly understand the purpose of technology being used in their learning process.
Etienne H Kahe