Technology Trends in the Classroom 2018-2019
The Whitepaper entitled Technology Trends in the Classroom: What's on Tap for 2019 and Beyond highlighted six technology trends for 2018-2019. The technology trends that were mentioned are applications that I have experienced first hand, or heard great reviews about its use within the classroom. Educators are looking for apps that will engage students within the classroom, while allowing the student to gain academic knowledge. The first trend is Game-based learning commonly known as gameification. It has game-like qualities that gives students access to assignment called quest, and rewards points and badges for completing assignments. The second trend is called Device Mesh. This trend allows students and educators to communicate with one another through a digital device. The device becomes the medium that connects the multiple parties together for the sake of academic achievement. The third trend is personalized learning. It is a hybrid approach to teaching students academic content personalized learning paths and in class instruction. This approach engages the student because it focuses on the unique interest of the student while meeting academic needs. The fourth trend is computational thinking, coding, and robotics . This trend engages students on a cognitive level in which they create codes to contribute to an assignment in which they produce a game for users to play.The fifth trend is augmented and virtual reality. Augmented and virtual reality creates an instructional setting that allows the class to engage in activities on the school campus that they would not have access to due to budge and safety reasons. This trend is idea for virtual field trips. The sixth trend is Data mining which is the collection of data that is used to answer academic questions education professionals have about student academic performance within the learning environment. All technology trends address the needs of educators and students to produce engaging lessons that take student thought and understanding to higher level of thought within blooms taxonomy. Theses trends also assist teachers in asking questions regarding student data and improving the quality of instruction.
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