In his article, "The Digital Transformation of Education: A 21st Century Imperative," Vineet Madan describes the progress currently being made in terms of technological integration within the educational system. According to Madan, an agreement was recently established between Apple and many publishers such as McGraw-Hill to develop a multitude of academic titles so that iPad users would have access to these academic texts.
Changes are increasingly being made to our educational system, most notably in regards to technology and its integration within the educational system. Madan makes a good point that seeing as many children are highly immersed in technology from a young age, it does not make sense to limit their exposure to said technologies upon their enrollment in schools. Technology has become second nature to students and thus educators and companies such as Apple and McGraw-Hill must make strives to ensure that there are effective technologies readily available to further educational goals and curricula. Through technology integration, students can be more engaged and consequently they are more likely to master the material presented to them.
The point which struck me most from Madan's article was the fact that the dispersion of technology and access to it must be equitable for students if such emphasis is going to be placed upon it. For technology to be truly beneficial for students, all students must be able to access it and thus it must be affordable. I feel that this will prove to be most challenging aspect of technology integration in schools for currently the access students have to technology in their classrooms is extremely unequal and it will take a lot of time as well as money to change this.
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Changes are increasingly being made to our educational system, most notably in regards to technology and its integration within the educational system. Madan makes a good point that seeing as many children are highly immersed in technology from a young age, it does not make sense to limit their exposure to said technologies upon their enrollment in schools. Technology has become second nature to students and thus educators and companies such as Apple and McGraw-Hill must make strives to ensure that there are effective technologies readily available to further educational goals and curricula. Through technology integration, students can be more engaged and consequently they are more likely to master the material presented to them.
The point which struck me most from Madan's article was the fact that the dispersion of technology and access to it must be equitable for students if such emphasis is going to be placed upon it. For technology to be truly beneficial for students, all students must be able to access it and thus it must be affordable. I feel that this will prove to be most challenging aspect of technology integration in schools for currently the access students have to technology in their classrooms is extremely unequal and it will take a lot of time as well as money to change this.
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