Technology and Learning
I believe that technology in the classroom is going to become a huge thing. Eventually I feel that teachers will start using only technology in the classroom and not many of the original learning supplies such as paper and pencil and things like that. This can be a good and a bad thing. It is a good thing because the world as we know it is going to change and become so much more technologically advanced. Therefor, it would be good for the students to start learning how to use the technology at a younger age so they are prepared for later life situations with technology. It can also be a bad thing, too. Using technology all the time in the classroom can keep children from knowing how school originally was. it is still good to take notes on paper using a pencil, and things like that.Overall, I think that there should be a good mixture of technology and other things like that in the classroom.
I am not sure if I agree that children need to utilize the "old ways" of classroom instruction in the coming years. Yes, teach them how we used to learn in school; with paper, pencils, textbooks, and such things. We now drive cars with power breaks and steering, should teenagers learn how to drive a vehicle that is no longer relavent with the times? So, why should we have children utilized "stone age" technologies when there are newer and better ones out there?
ReplyDeleteI think that the idea of the world becoming technologically advanced that children need to understand how it works but there is still a need for paper and pencil. There is a large amount of paperwork that requires information to be hand written and if a student went their whole entire educational career without using paper and pencil, it would be difficult for them to completely be able to live their lives properly. However, I am split between the use of technology because it is a good tool but it cannot be taken advantage of.
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