Introduction to Benefits How we teach is equally as
important as what we teach
As the largest integration and training partner for Promethean in the United States, we have had the pleasure of training hundreds of teachers about how to use ActivClassroom technologies to enhance the learning experience for students in their classrooms. In fact, our certified trainers are all former teachers themselves. But honestly, so much of what we know today we have learned from you (our customers) - teachers, administrators, technology directors, curriculum directors and others.
No one truly understands the benefits and the unlimited potential of this technology more than those of you who teach with it everyday. You see the smiles on your students' faces when the ActivBoard is turned on... when you put a window to the world in front of them... and literally light the flame of learning. So... for those of you who are here today to learn more about the ActivClassroom, you will see and hear the words of experienced school users throughout this site. You can learn from them as have we.
Why does the classroom environment need to change?
School systems across the United States and around the world are rapidly developing 21st Century learning environments for their students. This transformation represents a profound change for education. Why is it happening? To our knowledge, no one has better answered that question than did Sue Holder, a teacher from Crabapple Middle School in Georgia. Her words below resonate with all of us and it serves as a wonderful introduction as to why education to be effective must move forward into the 21st Century.
"One of the most difficult tasks of a teacher today is to reach an increasingly diverse population of students and provide them with the requisite skills they will require to function successfully in our increasingly technocratic society. Developing the potential of a child's mind is a challenge under any circumstance. To complicate the challenge, today's students often have developed learning preferences that we adults can't always closely identify with. Our students have grown up in a world that is in living color, fast moving, talking, fading in and out, and remote controlled. Traditional schooling approaches can unintentionally inhibit the learning process by insufficiently engaging students. When students fail to engage, they become unmotivated and underachieving.
How we provide instruction to students is key to determining how much they learn. Instructional strategies must be designed to tap the potential of all students, regardless of their learning style or preferences. Therefore, how we teach is equally as important as what we teach. Teachers must continually search for ways to make their teaching styles as congruent as possible with the learning styles of their students. "
Sue Holder, Teacher
Crabapple Middle School, GA
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