Technology In The Classroom: Embrace The Bumpy Ride !

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Technology has become part of our everyday life. In many fields, technology is helping processes getting more effective, it has helped companies make more profit and people to communicate better. However, what is the impact when you use technology inside the classroom? Some aspects of this situation has being discussed on “School vs. Education” by Russell Baker and “Technology in the Classroom: Embrace the Bumpy Ride!” by Kathy Cassidy. The classroom is being redefined with new methods of teaching and technology is playing an important role in this change. Even though technology seems to be the answer for everything nowadays, inside the classroom it should be used with caution in order to be more beneficial than problematic. In fact, technology …show more content…
It is clear that technology has changed the learning experience. We have shared content like never before, but not always plenty of information means good or useable information. Besides, we need to learn how to filter good information and its source. Especially, in the case of students who are using material without validating its source and authenticity. Unfortunately, easy access to information does not mean easy or speedy learning experience. At the same time, for some students may be useful the amount of information, for others, it might be overwhelming and can jeopardize the learning process instead. Teachers should use common sense and pay close attention to their students. If a student does better with the old style pencil and paper, there should be no reason to force the use of technology. At first glance, technology inside the classroom might seem something easy to manage, but how it was pointed out by Kathy Cassidy in her article: “Technology in the Classroom: Embrace the Bumpy Ride!” She says: “Use technology to make learning new and different in your classroom. Set your sights high and aim for activities that transform! Then, when you hit a bump, you will be more motivated to keep trying. Transformation is never smooth.” Therefore, according to her point, there will be some challenges the teachers will face when technology is first introduced in the classroom. In addition, I also believe the teachers will have some issues trying to identify what is a classroom room activity versus what is a distraction or possible not related with the topic. For instance, how the teacher would monitor the students playing with their tablets or cell
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