I would also like to know your own opinion on the use of digital media in teaching or learning. I would greatly appreciate it if you could include a concluding statement in the free text field! To help me determine whether your opinion is that of a student or a teacher, please make this clear.
i am a student and i think it is important to engage with the media in the classroom as well. in my opinion, it is important to use targeted content. because the media influences us humans so enormously. above all, it is important to speak about it correctly.
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students must learn to handle these media - but an app should never replace the teacher.
i find that digital media can often make lessons more interesting. occasionally using a powerpoint presentation is a nice change. however, i do not think they should be a fixed part of the lessons, as at my school, for example, this has led to a clear division between "rich and poor." the use of expensive media (even if it's just a laptop) has made it very clear who has the latest software, who has bought the most apps, and who receives relatively a lot of money from their parents for such things. often, something needed to be reviewed at home, and the students known to be wealthy came to the next class well-prepared because they had the necessary resources, while the less affluent had to find a way to manage everything differently.
in conclusion: media can certainly be used in lessons, but they should not be a requirement.
i think it's okay to have to do some research at home, but not all the time. if students are supposed to work on something at home, the teacher should also provide materials... which also means excessive paper usage. i'm really torn about this. i am a student (12th grade at a gymnasium).
i am a trainee teacher and i like to use an online learning space, however, i don't think that students need to be further encouraged to use digital media; they manage that quite well on their own. regarding the topic of competence development: i think it is a big problem that students no longer talk to each other but communicate through facebook even at school. goodbye social skills.
i am a student teacher and believe that media usage is indispensable nowadays. however, smartphones, in particular, should be banned from the classroom, as students are usually just distracted.