Experiencing digital freedom through creativity and digital innovations
The demands for excellence have always formed the basis for a thriving classroom but the advent of technology has fostered student engagement and improved learning opportunities by making the foray into the unseen fields of education a worthwhile ride and an enjoyable experience. Creativity is the vehicle that drives innovations and technology, with access to phones and laptops, students are now being digitally liberated. Projects, researches, assignments are now being done creatively using photos and video presentations as well as individual tasks. Schools are promoting this wave of technology by setting up ICT structures and enabling classrooms with technologies to support lecturers and teachers broaden their students’ technological horizons.
- Generating Ideas and development through Social Media
Lots of applications and social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchats are taking the world by storm and this new generation are riding high on the waves it’s bringing. Students are using this pool of resources available at their fingertips to be highly innovative in their school activities and projects. Peer to peer collaborations and educated group chats are topping the chats as students now exchange ideas and resources so well, their lecturers and teachers are finding this trend competitive and even scary.
With these technological tools and applications available, students are no longer in the dark whenever a lecturer or teacher is introducing a topic for the first time, as often times they are able to contribute creatively and intelligently to the class discussions regarding technology, STEAM learning, motion graphics, graphic designs, gamifications and other aspects. Education is free of charge and fully paid for by technology!
- Being Innovative with Pictures and Graphical Projections
Many educators are tapping into their students’ creativity and innovative genius by using their own phones and systems. In today’s generation, almost every student have access to a smart phone and android phones; teachers can explore and teach with the aid of visual or audio-visual presentations in classrooms and task the students in discovering their own potentials by replicating their methods and exercises in a creative way. Students are able to harness their innovative mind-set and build themselves with their own devices.
- Shining the Light on STEAM Subjects
New report shows science and tech jobs are the jobs of the future. Technological advancements in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics is restructuring and transforming every industry. Government and stakeholders in education are becoming aware that it pays to invest in digital innovations as students in this fields are blessed with so much technological tools, equipment’s and resources to become creators of technology and not just consumers. Technology feeds creativity; students are now conversant in building techs, codes, programs and other devices. There is a technological revolution going on and only the tech savvy will survive it.
- Passnownow: Technology Transforming Education
Another plus for the roadmap of technological innovations into classrooms is the most engaging and largest E-learning platform in the country, Passnownow.com. Passnownow.com is Nigeria’s only first and comprehensive edtech platform that provides all standard curriculum based subjects studied in high schools to underserved Students and teachers across Nigeria. Passnownow.com is designed to meet students and teachers at every point of need by digitizing and democratizing content, exposing teachers and students to new words using grammar tips, short sentences, antonyms, synonyms and connecting parents and lesson teachers for extra home tutoring.
