Wednesday, 5 February 2020

The Value of Technology in Educating Young Children



Impact of technology on our lives is increasing day by day. Modern technologies have the power to attract the attention of both adults and children. Like all other fields, technology is also helping in learning and development of different skills and abilities in children. Several improved ways of learning are used by teachers with the help of technology in order to create an effective learning environment inside the classrooms. Skills like problem solving and various thinking skills are developed by the use of technology in children. Researchers are trying to  find the ways through which use of technology can become easier in order to get more benefit from it. Teachers with the use of effective technological methods are trying to create positive change in the life of children.

 Technological devices

According to a recent research 90% of the teachers use technology to teach their children and 88% said they use technological devices one time in a week which helps children to increase their learning abilities.Tablets, desktop computers and attractive white boards are used by the teachers in their classrooms in order to create a learning environment and good relationship with the children. Research has shown that 51% of the teachers use computers and 81% used Ipads to teach their children.

 Concentrating

By using these devices children concentrate more on their studies and their engagement with the course increases. Technology also enable the teachers to find ways through which they can teach in an easier way. Chief Executive Officer of Teaching Strategies, Kai Lee Berke, said that, “The interaction and relationship between the teacher and student results in an effective learning at childhood stage”. Technology helps teacher to find several ways in order to create a good relationship and interaction between their children, as a result children will be able to increase there different abilities. Use of technology for teaching purposes also increases the communication and listening abilities of the children. On the other hand online teaching courses for the teachers facilitate them to increase their skills.



The Value of Technology in Educating Young Children

Impact of technology on our lives is increasing day by day . Modern technologies have the power to attract the attention of both a...