We live in a time with a large access to information, which means educators must adjust to using a wide-range of tools to educate their students and maintain their attention. With so many ways to process information, teachers and administrators must ensure the material they are creating produces interest as well as educate.

Evolving models of education acknowledge that simply lecturing to students, or having them read chapters of text, is not always the best way for students to retain the material being learned. For these purposes as well as others, technology is being used as an active tool in the classroom environment. In fact, 70% of students report higher grades in active learning environments as compared to traditional ones.

Students today are utilizing laptops and tablets into their school day similar to carrying around a book. A larger amount of classrooms are also no longer including traditional whiteboards and projectors, but instead providing an interactive smartboard connected to the internet. They can be used to display videos as well as hand written notes to create multiple ways to learn.

The possibilities for instructing have also increased since video conferencing is available to connect teachers with students in different locations. Make sure to check out the infographic below for more information about how emerging technology is making new ways for people to learn.

Infographic created by McCann Systems