Using Technology to Reach Unreachable Students

I usually hear question regarding technology misused in the classroom or by students. However, I was not more surprised to read this article post on Ben Johnson  Blog, Edutopia entitled:”Using technology to reach unreachable students”. It is interesting and valuable to learn that with technology we can “reach the unreachable students”. What could be more exciting than that for teacher! To hear our “challenging student affirms:”teach me more”…!

I agree with the author it could be “a great story” but I go further by adding it could be more productive if every single student in difficult area had been lucky enough to possess an iPad and the most important thing is to be able to use it in a proper way. I was curious to know how iPad had changed student’s way of learning. It is a helpful tool to students according to this article. It states: “In a study done in England at the ACS Cobham School, 65 first- and second-graders were given iPads to use and, after the newness of the device wore off, they evaluated the students on three categories: engagement, collaboration, and perseverance (Harrold, 2012).  I guess this can be said not only for first and second grader but for those in higher grade too. This article reminds us that “In general, however, students are using the iPads the right way, on the right things because the teachers have given them a reason to use them”.

This is an inspiring story to share with students and teachers who are really serious about students learning in the digital era. Most importantly, I wish that mobile devices use in classroom continue to motivate, engage students in the process to become more literate or educated.