After watching the video “Disruptive Innovation Explained” and comparing digital technologies I know and use that have been or might be disruptive as it relates to educational procedures, I feel computers would be one of those technologies. When we think back computers started out only for those who could definitely afford them, those who were smart enough to use them, those with businesses, etc. Now computers have transformed our lives tremendously. Computers are now everywhere and used just about for everything, computers were a disruptive innovation because they are now utilized in different forms. There are no longer just desktop computers, but there are now laptop computers, tablets, handheld computers (cell phones) we carry around with us daily a small computer right in our purse or pocket for the gentlemen.
Since computers in all forms are so highly used I feel it would become a time where more schools will incorporate the use of computers into the learning for educational processes. Some schools are already equipped for students to have their own personal computer inside the classroom others aren’t, they have a few computers to each classroom, a computer that is hooked up to a main board (active board) where the teacher is allowed to teach and use the technology to display lessons to the students versus standing in front of the classroom lecturing. These schools have computer labs as well. There are schools that also have iPads, tablets, and small computers that are accessible to the teachers to use for instruction. These digital technologies are available to assist the teacher in reaching the students, by providing game based learning, online assessments, etc. computers are a digital technology that has been disruptive in the efforts of improving education they are also the source of educational processes that are used for learning not only for the students but for the teachers as well.
Who knows maybe one day the computers will be equipped in the classrooms to be personalized and cater to the individual learning needs for the students to provide differentiation so that all students can succeed.
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