Technology in Education

          Riedel (2014) reported that there is several "Major Technology Trends in Education", which show the interaction between the usage of technology in education. One of these trends is using personal access to mobile devices that enable student to access internet whenever they need it. There is high percentage of students who access internet in their smart phones and laptops. Second, internet connectivity widely used whether at homes or schools as it has pointed out in many researches. Third, using mobile devices for schoolwork in which it allows students to search and find information, solving tasks, finding solutions. Fourth, students choose specific technology tools for different needs in their education; for instance, videos to learn, social media to communicate, e-readers to read articles, and taking notes and doing research in laptops. Therefore, nowadays student do not need tablet as much as they need them in the past since technology facilitates their learning to be faster and easier, and it has all features to replace the traditional tools and ways in learning.
(http://thejournal.com/articles/2014/02/03/10-major-technology-trends-in-education.aspx)

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           from my experience in using technology in education, I have had wide interaction with technology in my school and in my university. In my school we have used laptops and transparencies in lectures. Also we had computers and interactive board, and we used videos widely in learning especially in science subjects. In addition, we have created a digital storytelling before we finished the secondary school which were very interesting and helpful for sharing message. It was about fears of exams. On the other hand, I used technology at home by the internet connection Wi-Fi, which had helped my doing homework fast and easily. In the university, I have seen wide range of using technology in education starting with SQU website, email, and Moodle which are very helpful in sending lectures, knowing news, and communicating instructors.

      I have experienced a lot in the Technology course in  university. I have known how we can use technology in wise, collaborative, meaningful way in our education. We have used videos smart board, and we have known other helpful programs in learning and searching such as Google docs, wikis, bloggers, concept mapping, videos creators, and effective presentations. Those programs have been very helpful in our course and other courses since we are requested to do presentations and projects in all courses in SQU.

       Such usage of technology in education can be positive more than negative unless using them in ill-mannered way. I think technology have been played a serious and vital roles in our life, therefore, it's integrating in education should be used more than what is used now to gain all benefits of its usage. Perhaps students and even kids are using technology in all times for other reasons as communication; they are now able to do more than what we expected to do. Thereby, we should shed the light on developing the use of technology in future and starting from now to replace all traditional tools in education as lecturing, learning, and evaluating to be technical ones wider than it is now.