Electronic tablets and computers have great educational potential. They’ve become commonplace in classrooms, and many teachers encourage their students to use them when doing their homework. Here’s how tablets and computers can benefit your child.
Computers and tablets are great pieces of technology, but their educational value depends on how they’re used. To help your child get the most out of their device, it’s important to carefully select the websites and tools they use. For instance, you can encourage them to visit the Alloprof site and explore its many resources:
- French vocabulary exercises
- French study materials
- Educational games
- Virtual tutorials (CyberRévisions)
- Etc.
Of course, there are plenty of other websites with useful educational tools. However, it’s important to check their credibility before suggesting them to your child.
With their wide range of individualized learning strategies, technology can increase student motivation when properly integrated into the curriculum. Plus, some sites and apps have an integrated emulation system, which helps catch and hold children’s interest. Here are a few examples:
- Book of Spells,
- Fin Lapin,
- MétéorMaths,
- Etc.
Technology offers a host of benefits to all students, but especially to those with learning disabilities. Assistive technology can help them do the following:
- Understand the curriculum
- Improve their reading skills
- Organize and structure their schoolwork
- Overcome their limitations
- Etc.
Technology can make learning easer and help kids get better grades. As their confidence grows, so do their chances of academic success.
Using technology during their homework period gives children the opportunity to communicate with their classmates. Virtual collaborations help students do the following:
- Share knowledge
- Exchange ideas
- Tutor one another
- Etc.
Whether your child needs to do research or get additional explanations on a topic, technology puts information at their fingertips. That said, it’s important that your child ask themselves whether a website is credible. To help them browse the net with a critical eye, encourage them to pay close attention to the following:
- The site’s appearance
- The site’s content
- The content’s author
- Etc.
Looking for tips and tricks to help your child recognize trustworthy websites? Check out our article, Explaining website credibility to your child.
Rewriting: Alloprof Parents’ team
Farine, Avigdor, and Christophe Hopper. “Les parents et la micro-informatique scolaire.” McGill Journal of Education, vol. 23. pp. 118–128.