The Future of Education

We would all agree that humanity has long time passed to the digital era which refers to the widespread availability of technology that provides people with enables access to data, ideas and interaction with people from all over the world at the same time (Starkey, 2010). In order to catch up with that uprising digital era, more teachers are experimenting by designing digital tools as web 2.0 applications and blog creating platforms are greatly available online nowadays. Some freshly graduated teachers are already experienced in the use of digital technologies (Starkey, 2010), while others try to self-educate themselves by watching online tutorials or online courses for lifelong learning. This essay explores two digital tools that have been developed in order to serve the educational needs of Grade 4 students at home or during remediation classes. Those tools aim to provide the students with a learning experience that will enable them to track their progress in reading as well as to encourage parents to engage themselves in the school community and actively participate in their children’s education. Moreover, in order to assess the effectiveness of the evaluation activity, a third tool has been developed to demonstrate the comprehension level of the students in reading.

Keywords: digital tools, task-based learning, second language acquisition;

References:
[1] Starkey, L. (2010). Teachers’ pedagogical reasoning and action in the digital age. Teachers And Teaching, 16(2), 233-244.