Multimedia Projectors: A Key Component in Classrooms of the Future
I have been using the projector in my classroom as a tool for about the last 6 years. I feel that the students have a greater recall when they not only hear the lecture but also see a presentation that contains visual data and demonstrations that enhance the lecture. This article reinforces my belief that this is true.
“When asked how multimedia projectors affected the teaching and learning experience, several areas of influence were identified, including visual aid, greater flexibility for alternative teaching methods, enhanced teacher demonstrations, heightened student awareness and customized curriculum applications.
Visual aid. Multimedia projectors allow teachers to provide diverse content to all students in the classroom at once, allowing students to have a visual and colorful learning experience during a given lesson.”
What I do find strange though is even though the teachers surveyed know that they need the technology of
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The reality is today's generation is visual and technologically stimulated. So the old lecture style is no longer appealing to them. That is why educators need to understand that students are not immigrants in the technology world but citizens. Due to budgets constraints maybe thats why you are getting older technology in your classroom. Hopefully with time you will soon receive new equipment. Students do need something to engage them in their learning experience so that they just know theory and in some case can't even understand how to apply it.
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