How Technology is generally used in the field of education

One way technology is being used in education is as a tool to enhance instructional practices and globalize learning for students. Students utilize computers and the internet to research information, connect globally, share their thoughts, ideas, and opinion through blogs, take online courses, create web pages, download applications, programs, and software, and share information. In the future, I foresee K-12 education taking technology to the next level by allowing students to have more control of the time, access, and hardware being utilized in the classroom. Blogging, creating wikis, texting, and twitter will become standard ways of communicating ideas and thoughts. Students will no longer utilize textbooks. Instead there will be more action research, investigations, and project based learning because students will possess tools like iPads and Smart Phones to write and share their experiences in real time. In Higher Education and Adult education, students will have more online options for degrees and virtual classrooms will be a norm. You will have professors from all around the world which will allow you to gain different perspectives and global connections.