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Here is my first podcast regarding Technology in the Science Classroom. Enjoy!

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Technology in the Science Classroom

Want to be successful in education today? If so, technology has to be involved. Why are adolescents so fascinated with technology? They are surrounded by technology everywhere they go, except for the one place they spend most of the day, their school. According to most adolescents education today is “outdated.” There are several factors which aide in the outdated appearance of education: teacher knowledge, lack of equipment and lack of training opportunities.

Teachers are teachers for a reason. Teachers tend to be perfectionist, especially science teachers, and do not want to present a sub-quality lesson to their students. Once a teacher finally gets his/her hands on quality technology, the feeling of “I have to know everything about this, before the kids do” starts to creep up. In the book, Teaching Science For All Children An Inquiry Approach by Martin, R. et al, “Teachers must overcome the notion that they must be experts in using all educational technology before their students are given a chance to use it.” In my own experience, giving the students an opportunity to use the technology before “I” was ready actually had a colossal advantage to both the students and me. Student’s confidence amplified as they taught me how to work the technology.

What does the educational system need to do to boost technology exposure to students? Procure the technology. This brings us to the most common origin of lacking technology, funding. Funding is of course the primary issue throughout education. In education, every student should receive quality education and to obtain this quality education technology must be used, especially in a Science classroom. Copious research has gone into the analyzation of the advantages of technology for student success. Jamshed N. Lam states, “When teachers used computers for simulations and models or for data analysis, the students scored 5-6 points higher than those that had no computer access.” These findings encourage educators to integrate technology within classrooms, particularly classrooms where students struggle, science classrooms.

When someone outside of the educational realm thinks about teaching, they picture a teacher standing in front of the room lecturing a class. In reality, teaching is that and a whole lot more. A teacher is in the classroom, with students all day. In the morning, teachers have tutorials or duty. During teachers conference times; meetings, parent phone calls and planning must take place. In the afternoon, a teacher can have tutorials or duty again. An educator’s day is timed to each minute. As an educator, at any given time of the day, I could tell you what period it would be and who would be in the classroom/lab. All this to say, educators do not have the opportunities to obtain the training they need to plan influential lessons integrating technology. Advocates for IT in schools stress that teachers need both targeted and meaningful professional development and timely, accessible, and ongoing technical support to help them use IT effectively in their teaching ( Education and Technology 1999). Unfortunately, there is only so much time in the day and time is a serious limitation educators must deal with.



Technology is the connection education is lacking! Educators need exposure and training of innovative technology for the betterment of their students. Only when each and every one of our student’s succeed will and educator truly feel accomplished. Technology brings the mindset of the out-datedness from adolescents to an end.