Tuesday, April 5, 2016
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Middle school is also known as intermediate school or junior high school is a school for students older than elementary school but yet high school. Technology is the machinery and equipment development from the application of scientific knowledge. The use of technology tools in middle school classroom is to allow students to apply computer and technology skills in learning and problem-solving. It also can support classroom instruction by creating opportunities for students to complete assignments on the computer rather than the normal daily tools like pencil and paper.
In middle school classroom, the use of technology can be as a replacement of the whiteboards, so it will be an interactive whiteboards. It will allow the students to interact with material on the computer. For example, it shows the 3D virtual explanation given by the teachers, audio and also tactile. By serving the instruction in multimedia, digital art, music, and online discourse, it can increase the students’ enthusiasm for learning with technology and can stimulate student’s strategic thinking process because they can use a variety of communication media to express their ideas more clearly and powerfully.
There are several fun ways to use technology in the middle school classroom:
- Video Streaming
Students in middle school are likely to watch the motion picture. Through the video streaming, the students can help them to create a clearer explanation. YouTube is one of the video streaming tools that can serve any lesson there.
- Play Games
Give instruction by playing game using technology can keep students involved with all sorts of educational games for any subject. Students can keep track of their progress and work to complete with others to advance the next level.
- Social Media
Students are already interested with social media outside of class, so as a teacher we can bring it into the classroom to grab the attention. We can use Facebook or Twitter to post a topic for discussion and get all students involved and interacting with one another.
- Blogging
Prepare the middle to have their own blogs is the fun ways to give instruction in the class. Students can showcase all their hard work and help each other out by posting comments and suggestions.
- Video Conferencing
In the age middle school’s students, they are still having no shy to speak with others. By using video conferencing, it allows students to interact their friends from overseas or even their classmate to increase their speaking abilities or communication skill.
Introducing the technology for middle school classroom is the effective way to prepare the students in the global competition. The 21st century workplace requires more skills for finding, selecting, analyzing, manipulating, modifying, and distributing information. Also create the new ways of leaning and thinking. So that, both student and teacher need more training and experience to face the global competition by learning through the technology.
References Links:
2. http://cybersmart.org/
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