MSU College of Education Portable Computer Technology Award Technologically proficient teachers are in great demand and many schools have begun to look for teacher candidates who can use technology appropriately for teaching. ... You don't need to be a technology expert to apply for the award. ... Technology Requirement for Teacher CandidatesTable 1. Summary of performances and products that satisfy the technology requirement NOTE: To provide clear images of acceptable performances, the table is very specific about the products and performances required. ... According to Tom Gaylord,...

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Net communication has revolutionized the rate at which information can be exchanged and are great assets to a child's education. A basic knowledge of how to utilize a computer is important, it is one more way to obtain information. The computer lab will enhance the learning experience, make learning easier and faster with new tools, and allow access to enormous informational resources not easily available by other means. ... Computer technology has proven that a child's knowledge isn't limited to that of the teacher's; the possibilities are only limited by one&#...

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Advances in technology have provided a teaching method for the home schooling movement. This technology is particularly the increase of personal computers and access to the Internet. ... Technology is drastically altering education, and "the school of the future may be less a place than a password onto the information highway" (Sadker). ... Therefore, a strong advantage of home schooling is the student can process information the best possible way since parents are more apt to know what works for their child and what does not. ...

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For this reason I see a direct correlation to two philosophies, progressivism seeing the world as ever changing and essentialism believing that there exists a critical core of information and skill that an educated person must have. ... Although technology is a very important part of today's workforce and general society it is not necessarily the "end all and be all" of education. Although I do believe technology should be a part of the basic curriculum, I do not feel that it should be the center of which. According to Ryan &Cooper (Those who can, teach,) technology can definitely be us...

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This new idea that "teachers, long parked at the head of the class, must move into the passenger seat, where they will observe, coach, and accompany students on the giddy ride down the information highway" (MacLeans), has frightened many. ... Some parents feel that in our haste to get on the information highway, we have neglected the basics. ... It has presented educators with the critical task of getting trained, keeping up-to-date, and using the Internet so that our students may master the technologies that are coming whether we are ready for them or not. ... While basically benefic...

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This "teaching to the test" eliminated the use of Socratic instruction and focused on teacher delivered information; lecture rather than the collaborative, hands-on learning needed for a global multidimensional society. Because of time constraints, teachers were hard-pressed to deliver the "test" information in a way that would reach the academic diversity of the classroom. ... According to Stanford University's Elizabeth Cohen, lecture based, teacher centered instruction cannot teach students to collect, synthesize, and analyze information; this can only be done using...

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A) Explain what is meant by compensatory education? Many children are culturally and materially deprived, especially in low income areas. This means that they are lacking in important skills, attitudes and values in everyday life which are essential to high educational achievement. To help these ch...

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Siddiqui (2004), posits that technology is critical preparing pupils to live and learn successfully. ... Therefore, when they are exposed to internet they can explore and become active participants in the gathering, analysis, organizing and presenting of the information they find. ...

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The National Curriculum included ten core subjects, which were; English, Maths, Science, History, Geography, Technology, Physical Education, Art & Design, Music and Modern Foreign Languages in secondary Schools (Ward & Eden, 2009) which meant that since the development of the National Curriculum, all pupils were being taught a wide range of different subjects which would develop more winners across all children educationally, because they would have a wider knowledge that would help them later in life, and there was much more chance of finding an individual's strengths. ...

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1. Introduction "The world has changed, so must the education system and the teaching profession!" (Education Commission, 2000.) It is of no doubt that the society has undergone unprecedented changes over the past few decades. People are becoming more and more concerned about education, from the...

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What is a university? In a literal sense, it is originated from the Old French word universite, and from Latin universitas meaning the whole', and in late Latin, society or guild'. It is also derived from the word, universus. So that might mean a place where a group of people with similar goal gat...

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Fortunately, with the advent of technology and personal computers, home schooling is no longer dependent upon parental education and teaching skills. ... "Their ability to read for comprehension, know how to access and use information, and their continued commitment to education, all contributed to their success in academics, and ultimately in higher education-(Talbot, 2001, 140). ...

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"Influential factors affecting teaching of The Arts include: allocation and distribution of time, studio facilities, access to Information Communications Technology, available materials, specialist tutors, and support staff-, (Herne S. 2000). ...

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A prosperity sustained by low taxes, unleashed by lighter regulation, energized by new technologies, expanded by free trade. ... This will give parents the information to know if education is actually taking place and the leverage to demand reform. ...

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A longer school day has no benefit if the children attending refuse to participate and learn any information from the extended classes. ... The answer is not to longer the school day but to create the right environment for learning and that means better schools with technology. ...

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