5 teaching technologies to improve socially-distanced learning

New technology has arguably had a more important role in education than ever in 2020, with many of us looking to new devices or software that we may not have heard of or used before. However, merely introducing a new piece of technology to the classroom will not automatically lead to an improvement in pupil’s learning. Last year, the EEF produced a guidance report which makes it clear that new technologies introduced in the classroom should be answering a specific need. In this article, chemistry teacher Dan Beech talks about some of the technologies that he and his colleagues have introduced to their classrooms this year and how they are answering the needs of teachers and students. Are you using any of them?