How has rapid advancements in technology change our educational institutios?
I am writing a compare and contrast essay on college age students under 30 yrs old do not relize the impact technology has on their studies compared to college students over the age of 30.I just need some input from other people so that I can create my outline.
Here are a few rambling thoughts.
On-line education has allowed many people, who would otherwise not have had the time, take college classes and earn degrees.
graphing calculators and graphing programs have changed the way mathematics is taught. Much less time is spent on teaching student how to graph and think in both 2d and 3d.
discrete and finite mathematics have emerged from the background thanks to spread sheets and programming languages.
statistics has become more important and much easier to teach. where we once taught and learned primarily theory we can now use computers to do many time consuming calculations and concentrate on how to interpret the results rather on how to obtain them.
Presentations by professors have become more interesting and teaching methods have changed. Many professors are no longer simply using chalkboards but are using interactive computer response systems as well as power point presentations.
writing papers is much easier now that you don’t have to pay someone to type your papers for you, it turns out that the typing class i had in high school has been the most useful class i took. Not that i can spell correctly or type very fast.
How can the education system in Spain be improved?
I’m interested in getting an outsider’s take on this question.
Every time there is an OECD survey, Spain, the 7th or 8th largest economy in the world always comes really low down in the ranking. In attainment in reading, science and mathematics. We are constantly down in the 20′s ranks near Greece, Portugal and Italy.
Every new government seems to want to change the education policy of the previous one and in addition regional politicians openly defy national government policy if they happen to be of another political party.
We have the money to have a much better education system, so why don’t we?
Honestly? Voting another Party on the next elections. But even so I think it’s not possible to improve it rapidly. In fact, Spanish politics are rubbish! (whatever Party!). I’ve graduated on the University recently but I don’t think I’m trained at all. I think that the knowledge that the University teaches is not enough. The case of the elementary school and High School is even worse! It’s sad! I’m not particularly proud of that, what a pity!
How does a classroom room arrangement involve studentsin the learning process? What other motivational techinq?
How does classroom room arrangement involve students in the learning process? What other motivational techinques maybe used to keep students engaged and participating?
I had students around long tables. We were tight. But made it worth it for a discussion class.
one of my favourite from ah-ha…Obama Defends Strategies to G.O.P.
President Obama found himself defending his economic strategies during a question and answer session at a meeting with G.O.P. house leaders in Baltimore, Md.
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