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Technology these days is the integral part of our lives & we are totally dependent on it. Technology is a mean of making learning accessible, seamless and integrated. It is a mean of enhancing the learning experience and supports the teacher in filling gaps as they emerge. Education technology is the path to widening participation in education and the path to mobility across learning areas, and teaching institutions.

 Technology is a very important part of education now. Even though we are finding some major issues and trends within technology such as, personal uses of electronic devices or the internet connectivity.  This is actually some of the situation that will arise as become and educator using technology.

 The promise for change in K-12 schools by integrating technology into instruction heavily relies on a workforce of teachers who can effectively teach with technology. Teacher educators have been exploring effective ways to help preserve teachers integrate technology into instruction. Teachers can use technology to provide powerful learning experiences for students. However, to unlock the power of technology, it is widely recognized that integrating information technology into classrooms requires a change in teaching and learning. Teacher preparation programs play a critical role in reforming schools by supplying technologically competent teachers. In the past few decades, practitioners and researchers have been exploring how to help preserve teachers develop knowledge and skills to use technologies for instruction

Today’s students are highly visual, preferring pictures and video to words and speech. Mixing in visual learning tools increases their engagement, by adding variety to the learning environment.

Equally, when they can choose between several teaching media, such as online videos and interactive reading materials, their engagement and motivation are also boosted.

Today’s students are also social. They love being part of a community, collaborating, sharing and exchanging ideas. Interaction is therefore vital, so you could integrate tools such as Google apps and wikis to involve students in collaborative environments with one another. Equally, instant messaging allows teachers and students to discuss tasks, share ideas and links, and generally work together.

This can also extend beyond your school group.

 After all, to succeed in today’s world, students need to network widely. That means co-operating and collaborating with others outside the classroom.This is really all about how we as can and educational institution, can we really stay with the 21 century dealing with technology as we advance more into moving away paper and pencil and towards automatic devices. Become a teacher these are some of the things that we have to face as educators. Rather you are new or old to the field.this is something that has to change and must change to bettre our future youth.