Seems simple enough to get the fact that technology helps so much to make the learning process a much more interactive experience. Reading about the different types of students that use technology and the challenges that they face both inspire and is very daunting. Kids these days expect everything ipso-facto... the older generation has to adapt or get out of the way. You hear many teachers and education staff complaining that kids just don't want to study, and the dichotimy of this being true or not is another big subject for study.
Ed tech is everywhere:
Everyone uses iPads for leisure and for work. Education is not behind by any means. With apps like TeamUnizumi's, Sesame Street and Dora, education at our little people's fingertips is definitively up their alley... And it is all effective. Apps for tutoring languages, math, brain skills, to learn about places, people, facts... And apps to help people with special needs communicate and also have some fun. The iPad has changed how technology interacts... before the process was much one sided and required a long wait... Now it is all about anytime, anywhere...
Social networks benefit from these, and contribute to education by allowing virtual groups that can be literally anywhere in the world! Having everything digitalized and in the cloud facilitates sharing data, imges, programs, books, music, videos... anything you can think of.
Switches and cameras allow special needs kids to use a computer even if paraplegic or blind. They also allow for controlling toys, and specialized equipment.
Special programs help kids with autism to communicate. Kids with learning disabilities can learn thanks to other specialized programs tailored to them.
Ed tech is physical and virtual. There is much out there to explore, as well as there are still more resources to be created/invented. Technology is the core of our new society, and education can have full benefit of all it brings.
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