Evolution to 21st-Century Teaching and Learning

Evolution to 21st-Century Teaching and Learning

1. The Orangewood Christian School created a bring-your-own-device program

   • Why?
     • To improve 21st-century learning skills
     • Greater engagement through multimedia
     • Deeper learning
     • Better writing skills.
     • Easier integration of technology into instruction
   • Issues
     • Student Safety and Monitoring
       • The internet is a good educational resource, but being there makes it very easy to get distracted from tasks
     • Integrating Meaningful Technology Into the Curriculum
       • Because students can bring their own device, teachers cannot set limits
     • Training Teachers on Current Trends
       • Teachers are not informed about the different applications that students use
   • Solutions
     • Software was used to control what students were doing on their devices
       • Conclusions
         • Technology is a giant educational resource where we can find answers immediately and sometimes answers that do not give us books, but there are also a number of distractions to be on the Internet is why if we want to succeed in using the Internet as a teaching tool must be careful and ensure that what we do is something educational