How Technology Changes Instruction

Contemporary Issues and Trends in Education

Technology does more than add a screen to a lesson. It changes what students feel about their work, how long that work takes, and what the teacher is there to do. This chapter walks through the effects technology has on learning, the shifts it forces in time and roles, the strengths of technology-enabled teaching, real programs that put those ideas to work, and the models schools use to start, from gamification to the flipped classroom and the goal behind Bloom’s Two Sigma.

What Technology Does for Learning

Authentic work, stepwise challenge, instant feedback, and more effort on task.

How Technology Reshapes Time and Roles

Longer work blocks, new student roles, collaboration, and the coaching teacher.

Technology-Enabled Learning and Gamification

Engagement, personalized learning, equal access, and lessons rebuilt as games.

Examples of Technology-Enabled Learning

Game-based math, video lessons you can rewind, and self-paced study.

The Flipped Classroom and Bloom's Two Sigma

Content home, practice in class, and the case for one-to-one attention at scale.