Mario Maxwell Müller 
Integrating technology into the curriculum. Advantages and disadvantages 

Essay from the year 2022 in the subject Pedagogy – School Pedagogics, grade: Summa Cum Laude, , course: Masters in Education (Advanced Teaching for Elementary, Middle and Secondary), language: English, abstract: The research essay examines the advantages and disadvantages of integrating technology into the curriculum. An emphasis is placed on 21st-century skills and the importance given to ensuring that students are well aware of cooperative learning, sharing ideas, and opinions, thus integrating collaborative projects, where everyone is involved. Understanding how to make provisions for students in the classroom and ensuring this is addressed within curriculums. Teachers should have the correct tools to ensure they are able to implement technology within their curriculums for both Primary and Secondary.

About the author

Dr Mario Maxwell Muller studied and completed a Ph D in Philosophy (Arts, Social Sciences, and Education) at the University of Venda, South Africa. He has a triple master’s degree, First Class (with Distinction) from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, London College of Music, West London University, United Kingdom, and the University of the People, USA. Dr Muller has been teaching for twenty-two years in different leadership positions and has taught at prestigious schools in South Africa, England, Thailand, India, Mexico, and Gabon. He enjoys being a risktaker, principled and effective communicator, whilst serving as a Senior Examiner for Music (HL) for the International Baccalaureate programme. He is currently enrolled on the National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) under the LSSE, UK and in partnership with Cambridge University, and Canterbury Christ Church University, United Kingdom.

Ensuring each child reaches their full potential through an IB curriculum is essential, through promoting inquiry-based learning, cooperative learning and collaboration for students to work together, with a strong emphasis on “International Mindedness”.