1. 8 Ways Technology Is Improving Education
 Sarah Kessler
November 22, 2010

2. Contents
Role of Technology in School

3. Role of Technology in School
Technology is helping teachers to expand beyond linear, text-based learning and to engage students who learn best in other ways.
A versatile learning tool that could change how we demonstrate concepts, assign projects and assess progress.

4. 8 Ways Technology Improves Education

5. 1. Better Simulations and Models

6. 2. Global Learning

7. 3. Virtual Manipulatives

8. 4. Probes and Sensors
Collecting real-time data through probes and sensors has a wide range of educational applications.

9. 5. More Efficient Assessment

10. 6. Storytelling and Multimedia

11. 7. E-books

12. 8. Epistemic Games

13. “Creative professionals learn innovative thinking
through training that is very different from
traditional academic classrooms because
innovative thinking means more than just
knowing the right answers on a test.”
- The Epistemic Games Group

14. Reference:
Kessler, Sarah ways technology can improve education.
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