Group Collaboration on Student Interviews

Technology of the past 20 years has become a focal point of teaching and learning. As a teacher, it is my job to facilitate the learning for an individual by creating an environment that not only conducive for learning, but also places the child in a position to discover and learn them for themselves. Technology has given teachers to opportunity to take learning beyond the classroom, and has begun to reshape their role in the learning process.

In the schools, “Technology demonstrates daily its practical value in classroom instruction, teacher and student research, improved school design and operation, increasing student interest and teacher scope, and interlinking the school and the globe” (Nelson, Palonsky, & McCarthy, 2013, p. 280). Hardly anyone uses chalkboards and textbook anymore, and teenagers, better known as “screenagers”, have a unique relationship with technology with or without it in the classroom.

Technology in the classroom is important for teachers, parents, and students alike, because technology use has become a necessary skill for survival in today’s vastly expanding technology driven global economy. Research has shown an increase in student’s success rates when exposed to technology in the classroom. Also technology has opened lines of communication between educators and parents to keep students on track, and help teachers educate better.

There are various types of technology that can be used as methods of learning. Technology provides schools with digital learning tools including computers, projectors, and interactive whiteboards. In the past and still currently used today, teachers would use hard copies of textbooks and handouts. There are many questions that come to peoples’ minds on if technology should be applied to the educational curriculum. For example, the main question: why should technology be used in classrooms? What are the advantages and disadvantages of having technology available to use in classrooms? The use of technology should be applied in classrooms because it can enhance students’ learning abilities, expand teachers’ teaching methods, and gives students an introduction to further advancing technology.

There are so many avenues to experience by using technology from research to presentation. For example, the use of classroom-to-classroom video chatting, such as a debate between two classes on a particular subject, can help students learn in a quicker manner and help them understand the topic at a higher degree. The use of iPads early on in elementary school and the introduction to computers that many children don’t receive would be beneficial later on in life. In today’s society, technology is used extensively in the workforce. Having the proper up-to-date technology can help the student better succeed and stay on top of the growing world. Utilization of technology will now prepare students for a better future. Schools should provide more ways to use technology in order to prepare students for a better

Communicating effectively with parents and students is important in order to be successful at teaching. Studies have shown that parental involvement in a student’s education allows for greater success in the classroom (Duarte, G, Cerda-Perez, E & Rosenberg, G 2007). Technology is beneficial in communicating with students and parents. The use of technology allows for students and parents to have access to current lesson plans as well as access to the teacher after normal school hours. This opens up doorways for the student or parent to ask questions about assignments and class discussions. The uses of classroom websites, e-mails, text messaging and student web sites are just a few examples of technology that is used to communicate

Mostly undertaken by parents with children between 1-5 and teachers who work with children between the ages of 1-5. My survey consisted of 24 questions and each question got a wide range of results. My survey results gave me insightful information and opinions on what is believed could be implications of technology and whether people are aware of what technology can do to young children. The results helped me with understanding some on the beneficial and harmful implications and the ways technology is changing the way children think and focus. By finding out by parents and child care workers, how technology can affect their sleep patterns, behaviour and emotions. The results from the surveys led me to have a deeper understanding when answering my

I was a part of a group interview, which actually didn’t drown everyone's voices. She would talk to us kindly, clarifying what we needed clarification of.

With new technology and advances in education it is no wonder the use of computers, iPads, and other devices are trickling into the daily life of our younger generations. Perhaps these advances could be doing more harm than providing the enriching education parents and schools think they are. There are now elementary schools where every child has their own iPad and middle schools with Chrome Books the students can take home. Even paper textbooks are being replaced with electronic versions. The use of technology moving forward with education needs to be balanced with critical factors involving a child’s development. Children must be separated from constant attachment to screens to properly learn and develop necessary social skills to become adults who are able to interact and communicate.

Education is ever-changing and students need to be confident, creative, connected and active lifelong learners. Digital technologies are very important to our student’s world as they use them to connect with each other, learn new skills and pursue their interest. Luckey (2009) stated “For students in particular, technology is almost an extension of themselves. They use it to communicate, to discover the world, to play games, to collaborate, to create things, to write, to read, and to organize their lives. Nothing can be more foreign to them than school without technology or where technology is relegated to its own special place.” Mobile devices with the power of digital technology are being placed in every student’s hand in schools around the world which equips them with the personal technology needed to learn and communicate in the 21st century. While these programs can be very effective for students, they can be challenging for schools. Some educators believe that digital technology in the classroom may cause more of a distraction to students; however integrating digital technology in the classroom helps students become more engaged. In the digital world, data is at students’ fingertips 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Technology is everywhere and many students have adopted practices

The data collected was from three different teachers each within three different socioeconomic status schools. Teacher A teaches kindergarten to third grade learning support at a middle socioeconomic status school. Teacher B teaches third grade at a high socioeconomic status school, and Teacher C teaches kindergarten at a low socioeconomic status school. When analyzing the research, it was determined that sixty-seven percent of teachers interviewed said that they personally use 3-5 hours of technology on a daily basis. This includes times when they are using technology with the students, as well as times when they are using it to send emails or look up information and ideas. Students are in school for 6 hours a day. Therefore, studies show that the resources available within the schools are being actively utilized. The data shows that technology use is primarily occurring more throughout the school day than it is in the homes. Within 14 hour day that students and teachers may be awake, approximately half of the day is involving technology of some sort. This means that we are integrating technology as an additional way of learning. However, it also means that we may be taking away from other learning styles that are already proven to work. Technology use can also take away from social skills and interactions.

This qualitative, narrative case study has two assumptions. First, the interview will accurately generate teachers’ experiences, views, effective or ineffective, in applying technology (e.g., iPads, laptops, tablets, computers, and any form of portable devices) as learning aids. Second, teacher participants will provide truthful responses to the in-depth, open-ended interview (See Appendix B).

at. 2014). they used 332 students to participant in this study took surveys on whether or not they though technology in the class room hindered their learning abilities . Some said they thought that laptops helped them because they could type their notes faster and have in all organized in one place so they could just find it easily later on . While others in the survey said that they prefer paper and pencil because they felt they got to distracted by things like twitter, Facebook, and histogram while on the computers.. The results were fairly distributed among the people and there thoughts on technology and has helped the study form more design and assessment of technology-rich learning environments and develop more programs involving technology use in their teaching.(Gebre, E el. at.

Many students are exposed to technology early in life. Many of them have computers, tablets, game systems, and smartphones available for use. Children as young as two (2) years old can be found playing games on a parent’s phone. Therefore, it stands to reason that technology would be introduced in the classroom.

There is much in the literature regarding the use of technology in education. According to Dede (2009), Banister (2010), Peled and Schocken (2014), my topic can be characterized as technology in education is an effective tool for motivating student engagement, increasing academic success, and providing new environments for students to learn. Thus, the more technology that is incorporated in a students’ earlier grades, the more inclined they will be to prefer that type of instruction in their latter years. It is an important topic with respect to education because the wave of new technology is increasing at rate never before seen in the field of education. These articles track the study of technology use in the field, and how they are beneficial for my study of technology in education. All of the articles support the idea of the use of technology in education, and each represent a different aspect in which technology can improve a child’s education.