Reflection About Technology

Technology has opened many opportunities for students, but is it taking a toll on their education? Based on the two articles the “Avid Weekly: When it is and isn’t OK to be on your smartphone: the conclusive guide” by Caitlin Dewey and Is Technology Killing Our Friendship By Lauren Tarshis, technology can have a lasting effect that can either be positive or negative. Technology has let the world stay in touch with what’s happening around them, which has positively affected students and their surroundings. Causing disruptions though is something not to be happy about, because if technology advances in classrooms, students can easily be picked off into the wonders of technology. Although technology has helped students prosper, there are still

Technology has a huge impact on everyone. Despite the variety of age groups, we have all become dependent on using technology throughout our lives. With the use of smartphones, alarm clocks, headphones, and so forth, we have started to invest tech into our everyday lifestyle, where it is now a social norm. As we are moving rapidly into a tech-based world, the use of technology has been incorporated into classrooms. Teachers have introduced PowerPoints, chatrooms, online assignments and much more to make the classroom run smoothly and help students accomplish more from their learning. However, problems can arise with technology usage in the classroom. Through students being able to access technology, they can become distracted

Many of our students have smartphones, laptops, and tablets they use throughout the school day for school work. While some students depend on their devices to look up the current fashion trends and football stats, we feel that technology has also enabled students to think in a different way. Many students are quick on their feet to Google information to prove their friend wrong, send texts and emails in less than 10 seconds, and get excited when they are allowed to use their

Technology has evolved rapidly in the past decades and has impacted society in both positive and negative areas. Specifically, the educational setting has embraced technology by providing teachers with a variety of tools such as computers and led projectors to engage students in the material. In addition, many schools have provided students their own laptop to use during the school year to develop the technological, critical thinking and cooperative learning skills to compete in an increasingly technologically developed society both nationally and internationally.. Teenagers are growing so much in their technology skills they pay less attention to their surroundings and education.

This is a problem that is common among most colleges and universities today; according to studies conducted by Pam Mueller and Daniel Oppenheimer, in most college classroom settings where internet access is available, evidence suggest that when these students use laptops, “they spend 40% of class time using applications unrelated to coursework, are more likely to fall off task, and are less satisfied with their education (May).” However, the solution for this problem is relatively simple. The most sensible way to rid distractions in the classroom caused by the use of laptops and other personal technology is to no longer allow students to use this technology in the classroom unless it is absolutely required for a class assignment, and also with the exception that some students may have medical disabilities that might require them to have some sort of technological device in class. In the case of a disability or otherwise medically documented illness or academic need, a provision should be made to allow these students to still have the technology in the classroom. Clay Shirky endorses that students seemed to noticeably exhibit signs of relief when asked to put aside their devices when they were allowed in class, and additionally that it was “as if someone has let fresh air into the room (Strauss).” This demonstrates that the classroom environment becomes much more lively and engaged from the learner 's side of the room when technology is pushed out of the

As the technology advances, more utilities become available to us that make our lives easier. This correlates to the short essay “Why Computers Don't Belong in the Classroom” by Clifford Stoll. Stoll argues that the high usage of technology in schools gives students the incentive have weak thinking skills and not focus in class. I agree with the argument of Clifford Stoll as the usage of technology simply motivates students to procrastinate, rely heavily on online resources and lose interest in class activities. Technology provides a distraction for students as they would rather watch TV or play video games.

This idea that the physical action of such seemingly meaningless tasks makes me want to leave my phone aside for the few hours I spend at school, learning and enriching my mind. These articles have clarified for me that the negative outcomes of technology in learning prevent my mind from absorbing knowledge. My academic work, whether it be in high school or college, will constantly deteriote if I let technology overpower my ability to think and learn. It is not even the fact that the use of technology will probably lower my grades, but the possibility of not growing or learning makes me realize that the consequences of technology use in the classrom are some that I will avoid and prevent by allowing myself to use my senses and knowledge to gain new ideas and experiences. Such implicaitons are ones that I wish to not face and will do so by simply setting my phone aside to learn, and by letting go of the temptation that technology can be, in such a modern, tech-savy

Technology is one of the greatest things invented, yet it has many drawbacks. In school and at home, smartphones, texting, video games, iPads, Facebook, Web surfing and television do get me distracted and interrupt my learning. Technology is everywhere you can see. Technology is in the workplace, education, at the mall, and many other places. In education, technology is a great thing, making life easier for teachers and administrators everywhere and lessons more engaging for students. However, technology is a huge distraction.

The biggest problem with today’s education is how rapid technology is advancing. So rapid, in fact, that schools are attempting to keep up, but are sadly falling short. Teachers are being required to incorporate new technology into their everyday methods of teaching. The use of IPads or laptops in classrooms can be helpful to both teachers and students(edreform online classes)”. If a teacher is not overly familiar with the new devices, then the students will lose what little time they have to learn. As a teacher is attempting to fix technical problems in one class, the class that has a tech savvy teacher will be advancing far ahead. On the other hand, if a classroom is full of students who are very unfamiliar with the technology will have to be taught how to operate it, which wastes valuable time. In today’s society technology usage is so much more widespread than it was just five years ago. The new toys can allow schools to broaden their curriculum. Since most work can be done on a single device, kids can work at their own pace and potentially reach heights they could never reach with book, pen, and paper. The benefits of this new tech greatly outweigh the downsides. The biggest problem with technology in classrooms is their lack of use. So few schools have jumped on board with these programs, and therefore are holding their kids back. These products are readily available, but “the use of new technology

The world of technology has advanced greatly, and everyone, including students, are heading towards that direction. Although it may be a good thing that it is available for resources, it cause addiction. They have become a bad influence for the students because they have used it to cheat during test, to play around during lectures, and to use as a shortcut when doing homework.

Students now believe that they can start getting away from using pen and pencil and just go with laptops. “Research shows that laptops and tablets have a tendency to be distracting it’s so easy to click over”(in Put Your Laptops Away). When students are taking notes on a laptop or computer it is so easy for them to just click over on a different tab to get on facebook or twitter. Then they get distracted and are off track and have no clue what’s going on because they are not following along. When students type their notes they try and copy down

I would like to start with thanking you, this course detailed the importance of technology and how it influences my everyday life. Technology has always been involved in my upbringing. I noticed as I grew technology advanced. I was fortunate enough to be exposed to technology at an early age. As I grew technology got more intricate and I lost interest in advances. My vision of technology differs from the moment I walked out of our first class. I find it truly important to know the history or better yet, evolution of technology, because it is so essential for the now and the future. The assigned readings helped me better understand the different perspectives of technology. At first I did not pay too much mind to social media. I recall a moment during a week without social media, where I realized that social media is an addiction.

Technology is evolving and is becoming a central need in everyone’s life. It is even being integrated into the education system, changing the way one learns and teaches. An increased reliance on technology as a means to enhance knowledge has decreased the ability to acquire thorough knowledge and develop the power to reason or judge. This is evident in the way technology has made it easier for students to cheat, in how the internet provides wrong learning opportunities and in the way students respond to learning while being engaged with technology.

Walking into a classroom full of students using school devices such as laptops, tablets, or smart boards, has become part of the new generation. Technology has advanced throughout the decades, completely taking over whiteboards, paper, and textbooks. This advanced technology is causing textbooks to be in risk of extinction and hardly to be used. However, some may suggest that technology supports students by having access to the internet to search for essential information, and the information can be found in matter of seconds. Learning technology in a classroom setting puts students at risk of having distractions, experiencing technological delays, and increasing health problems. Non-technological methods such as textbooks, paper packets, and white boards help students have more focus and help students memorize class content and help interact with their peer members.

To begin let’s start when “technology” was first getting integrated into the classroom setting. In 1890 the latest and greatest technology was the chalkboard. In 1920s the invention and fascination of the Radio led to an never before used type of learning on- air classes a precursor what we use today with online learning. By the early 1970s a modern day classroom staple – the Scantron was making its way into schools across America. And finally the computer, which was introduced to classroom in the mid 80s with laptop by Toshiba and Apple’s PowerBook. By 1993 daily computer usage was reaching a level close to what we see today when the PDA was launched on society by Apple computers.