Should technology be used in the classroom rather than textbooks?
We don’t realize how much we use technology until we actually take a step back and think about it. Technology has changed the way we communicate with others and the way we live our lives today. “70% of adults over 25 used a computer at work. Over 67% used it for the internet or e-mail, 63% for word processing/desktop publishing, 57% for spreadsheets/databases, and 49% for calendaring/scheduling.” (MacDonald, Pg. 38.) Our technology has advanced in the classroom, and the places that we work at. We use tablets, iPads, smart phones, laptops, and other tools every day to help us learn and teach all the time in the classrooms. Technology has helped us with a lot of things today in education like learning at home, sharing ideas, research, and having an app for everything. Knowing that technology is used in the classroom, people tend to abuse it. Aside from positive, technology can also have a negative effect in the classroom. Using it in the classroom can take away the appreciated education time, and it can also make students turn the educational understanding into one big game, making them not take it as serious as they should. It can take away the learning time because some teachers may not be experienced with the technology and that makes them take up class time due to technical difficulties. Using the computer for education can get the students distracted because they are used to playing games on the computer and they won’t take their school work as serious.
“Most educators will expend the effort needed to integrate technology into instruction when, and only when, they are convinced that there will be significant payoffs in terms of student learning outcom...
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...any technological device out there. Textbooks will always be the best way for every student to get the education they deserve.
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Technology plays a very important role in today’s society. Everyone has a smart phone and we crave the latest and greatest televisions, computers, cell phones and tablets. Some of these include iPhones, iPads, MacBooks, Samsung Smart TVs, Samsung Smart watches and the new Google Glass. More and more schools are using technology in their teaching methods including our own one-to-one program at Oxon Hill High School where each student received a Samsung Google Chromebook. Technology should be used in school’s curriculum and instruction because of improved communication, innovations to come and convenience to both the students and the teachers.
... challenges the relationship between students and teachers, because technology enables learners to gain control of their own learning. The new technology provides access to information that was once under the control of teachers.
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