This document discusses the use of educational technology (ET) in classrooms and its benefits and challenges. It covers several key points:
- Teachers can be apprehensive about adopting new technologies, but when used properly it can promote independent and higher-level learning in students.
- Challenges include technologies being time-consuming and expensive, and the risk that classrooms become too focused on the technology itself rather than learning.
- When used as a tool to support student-centered learning, technology can help nurture creative, collaborative learning environments and allow students to direct their own learning.