Technology for the Preschool

Technology, they say can take away the teachers from the classroom. I wish you are also not thinking in such lines. We have to remember that the child is a human being and not a robot. For the emotional and personality growth of the child, technology can not suffice. Definitely technology is very important as an assistant to the teacher but in no way it can replace the teacher. The teacher has to effectively organize the technological aids and use it suitably to create learning in the classroom, be it any stage right from Pre-primary education to college.

I can set loads of examples, if a teacher shows some movie in the classroom, when do you think the child will learn from the movie? I know you will say why not, the child will learn definitely from the movie. Sorry I disagree, the child will learn from any movie what he or she wants to learn and not what is required for education. The movie should be shown and the kid should be directed to learn by guiding and so technology cannot just alone make a child learn. I must say that learning will definitely be very effective when the technology is used by planning very well around the curriculum and syllabus.

Merely using technology for example making some power points and placing some images from the net for primary education is of no consequence, until and unless it is planned around the topic to be learnt. Even for primary education, technology can be used for multi intelligences. Yes a well-trained and qualified teacher can utilize the technology for learning for multiple intelligences in classrooms. Many teachers think that this can be done only with secondary education. I am sure it can be effectively used for primary education too. The teacher will have to plan various activities for various groups of children. If the students at a very young age learn the basics effectively there will be a greater learning at every level and students will be more tension free in most of the cases.

In many primary schools in India computer applications are being taught and I think very few children actually learn the applications, reason again it is meaningless. Just writing a document in word or typing few sentences in PowerPoint and placing in the image with no reason will never create interest. If the students are in groups and have a topic related to any of the subjects they are teaching and then the students make meaningful presentations and present in the class and if they are graded on the same. The foundation laid during the primary education this way will be permanent and meaningful. This way the load of a primary school kid can be reduced as many subjects can be planned together. Student without realizing the burden would learn a lot. This type of learning will go a long with a child from Kids school to college and will be a well-trained citizen for the job market.