We teachers are so fortunate in our class to be in an environment where we have blended using our traditional and emerging technologies! Aside from the obvious fun our students can have by being exposed to emerging technologies like Wiki collaborative projects that encourage teamwork and cooperation, traditional technologies that include desktop or laptops with wireless capabilities that allow the students to do online activities without limitations of wires, podcasts that can be helpful tools that can include lessons for those students who missed class and/or the traditional overhead projector or smartboard which are like huge display windows with the latter providing so many wonderful options.
As instructors we don't just have to stand in front of the class and provide lectures, which can make learning more difficult for our visual or kinesthetic learners. While the emerging technology is helpful it is important as educators to always consider what you want to use the technology for and your audience when evaluating the use of technology in the class. Educators need to use both formative and summative evaluations when selecting the technology to be used. The use of the emerging and traditional technology in classrooms today are engaging, interesting, and limitless! This video link only helps to reiterate the importance of technology :
Students are thriving and engaged in an environment where the instructor has both traditional and emerging technology.
