Teachers and Students
What different role does technology allow the teacher to take?
Facilitator
Computer applications used to help learning
Productivity Tools
Founder of Microsoft
A classroom arrangement in which all students use computers at the same time
Computer Labs
Technological feature for the blind and deaf
Access Feature
First real "technological innovation" introduced in classrooms in the 1800's
Chalkboard
An alternative form of schooling that deals with educational inequalities
Virtual Schools/Online Schools
Widely used tool for organizing data sets, numerical analyses, and creating graphs
Microsoft Powerpoint/Prezi
Act that reinforced the notion that all high school graduates should be able to both understand and use computers, and that all students should be technologically literate by the time they start high school
No Child Left Behind Act
Students from lower socioeconomic families are more likely to use what computer program
Drill-and-practice
Computer application used to engage and enhance thinking
Cognitive Tools
What program did the White House launch to help push students towards STEM related courses?
Educate to Innovate
Smaller, usually cheaper and more convenient alternative to the standard classroom computer
Wireless Laptop/Chromebook
Imitation of the operation of a real world system/process
Simulation
Educational software application designed to provide initial instruction on a given topic
Tutorial