When I think of science it is one of the first subjects that I think completely relies on technology. You can’t teach science without it! It’s the first place I learned to how use a microscope, a Bunsen burner, and did real research about the world around me with computers. (And this was before the access our students have now.) Science opens up new worlds to our students and now with the technology at our fingertips we can actually show them things that were never available before. When I was in school science was a subject that depended on their financial budget to buy technology for class. Now students can just go on the internet to watch lab experiments, see tornados and volcanoes in action, and watch other fascinating things they might not be able to study the same way otherwise. They can hear about it from their teacher, or learn about it from their textbook, but the internet has given them the power to see it happen. It’s amazing! I am personally a very visual learner and would have benefitted from these teaching tools when I was in school. Everyday their are now students who succeeding in their science classes because of the hands on learning and the technological learning they are experiencing. Many of them might not have had the same experience if it wasn't for those strategies being in place.
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