- "Hands on use of any type of technology would benefit all
students in literacy. Technology is as important as text books."
- "Technology in education is great. It's fun to learn. Many
learners will be surprised at how easy it really is. They have the
idea that computers are too difficult to learn, that computers are
way out of their league. It would improve their confidence greatly."
- "Use of technology in education gives the student a variety
of learning techniques. They are not limited to just reading out of
a book. It provides them with a little knowledge to better prepare
themselves for the fast changes that is happening in our world."
- "I think that in today's society we as educators do need to
adopt our classrooms to the technologies of today and tomorrow.
Unfortunately due to financial cutbacks to education it will
certainly be a challenge to provide our students with access to this
technology."
- "There is a place for technology in education, but it must
be a supplement and not a substitute. There is no point in learning
about E-mail if a person cannot write a sentence."
- "I believe in using whatever is most effective at the time.
If audio-visual aids, computers etc; are used appropriately, they
can greatly enhance learning, especially when used "hand on"
by the student. Using technology for the sake of technology is
unwise. Sometimes simple old-fashioned approaches may be more
appropriate. One should always keep the goal in mind when planning
which approaches to use."
- "Must be properly researched, pilot-tested, modified and
incorporated in an individualised programme designed for adults .
Flexibility, and "user friendly," and as a tool to support
learners in effective ways, and those to be developed for "life-long
learning" are core components of a programme for using
technology in education."
- "I feel that technology is very important. However with no
typing skills I feel it would be difficult for an "older adult"
student to effectively master a computer in a given period of time."
- "I feel strongly towards technology in the classroom because
it is an excellent way of introducing technology in the classroom at
a grassroots level."
- "If students learn through computer they will be more
motivated and self directed in their learning and able to learn
more."
- "The more technology students are exposed to in the
classroom, the less formidable these electronic gadget will seem to
them in the workplace. In my classroom, most of the students have
not been exposed to computers. They are even nervous with our
typewriter!"
- "Literacy means reading, writing and math skill that we need
for our everyday life. With the increasing use of computer
technology in day-to-day working and employment we are now depriving
our adults learners what the public school system has been providing
to school children. Without computer training you will be left
behind and with education that is at least a decade behind. My view
is simple: Teaching and education are synonymous."
- "Technology in education I believe to be the number one tool
to prepare students for their future."
- "In our classroom an introduction to the computer would be
to the advantage of our students. An introduction could include
basically how to use but most important of all how in the course of
their own lives it could be used. Perhaps for a specific job also
for personal use."
- "Technology in education is powerful resource that can
motivate students in the learning process. It can provide
information to students who generally do not have access to it As
well as provide an evaluation tool for educators."
- "I think it is great if you have the money. However, I am
concern that the reading level of our students is so low, not to
mention their numeric skills. I think we need to concentrate on what
is needed to raise the literacy level of our students."
- "Adults involved in upgrading programs need to be given all
the same technological experiences as students in the school system.
Adults are dedicated to their education and therefore deserve to be
granted this privilege."
- "Each day brings the hand of education and the hand of
technology closer together. Soon these hands will clasp and
education as our students have known it will be little more than an
historical reference."
- "Computer literacy is an important part of functional
literacy in Canada today. The CASP classroom can provide a relaxed
atmosphere for learning computer skills as well as for learning the
traditional subjects."
- "Technology had far exceeded the age of automation as
visualized and experienced in our most recent past, and now that the
futuristic notion of business dependence has been realized, we as
the guardians of educational relevancy and excellent must also be
the agents of change."
- "I think computers are a big step forward and put access to
vast areas of data at a student's fingertips. In today's schools
they should be an ongoing avenue of exercise; but in literacy with
adults returning for educational needs, they can be, at best, only a
supplementary aid because the software for literacy needs may not
always be adaptable to our classes, or even available at prices we
can afford."
- "The use is two fold:
- It is another medium for delivering education.
- It will familiarize students with new technology and increase
their job prospect."
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