Online Learning Update Ray Schroeder, editor, COLRS - Online@Illinois Springfield

Online Learning Update - a blog published daily since 2001 by Ray Schroeder, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Springfield

Thursday, November 20, 2008
New technologies helping educators, students and parents - Leslie Shepard-Owsley, Spinal Column Online
There's no question that the "net generation" of kids today spends a lot of time speeding down the information super highway or launching into cyberspace; and with the emergence of cutting-edge technology, schools have been forced to keep pace in an evolving "technosphere" as they confront global education demands. Nowadays, schools utilize technological tools including personal computers, SMART boards, web-based television programming, and the Internet to problem-solve and teach. From blogs to interactive and analysis software, the new technology helps save time, ingrain material, and provide a learner-centered environment advantageous to both teachers and students.

 



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