Students today live with technology being a big part of their lives. Many students enter kindergarten with some experience with computers and the Internet. Current research indicates a correlation between use of technology for instruction and increased student achievement.
In the last 15
years, technology has exploded in education. With the addition of technology as
an instructional tool, students and teachers have many more resources.
Technology can be used in many ways in the classroom, from remediation to
direct instruction. Students projects and researches are easier nowadays
because of the presence of the advanced technology.
Educational
technology tools such as computers, digital microscopes, and interactive white
boards can help students actively engaged in the classroom activities and
knowledge inquiry.
When educational
technology tools are used appropriately and effectively in science classrooms,
students actively engage in their knowledge construction and improve their
thinking and problem solving skills (Trowbridge,
Bybee, & Powel, 2008).
This is
supported by the Chinese proverb: “I hear, I forget. I see, I remember”,
students need to see in order to understand and this what is usually important in
science as some processes taking place inside the humans body couldn’t be
understood if not observed and at the same time are impossible to observe
as for example a functioning heart.
Teachers need to
attend to the use of technology in teaching science for higher students’
achievement and to stay up to date. Teachers
not only need to know their content but also need to know how to present it
effectively.
Schools as well
should enrich its materials with various technology instruments as computers,
videos, technical resources, microscopes……..
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