While technology is a powerful tool, it should not replace teaching and learning, but should be used to enhance and enrich program course objectives! Students need proper instruction on how to access, use and communicate via a wide range of technologies from simple podcasts to more sophisticated digital storytelling projects.

 

Five reasons why teachers need to integrate technology into learning

 

1. Technology motivates learners and connects them to their passions

2. Learners want to create content, not consume it.

3. Learners already use it

4. Technology authentically connects students to the world

5. Technology will be a part of any learners future: both personal and in the world of work

 

source- Dr. Toni Theisen- Keynote address Aug 2011