Technology In High School

Without knowing how to use technology, students are at a disadvantage during college and in their future

Is technology hurting or helping in middle school classrooms? Over the past few years there has been a huge debate on technology helping vs. hurting in the classroom. I decided to experience for myself how it is used  and if it is making learning easier.

Technology is everywhere, attached to us in almost every part of our daily lives. Places like café shops, home and as well at schools have technology. Nowadays, schools have technology devices like laptops or tablets that they use as a learning tool for students. Teachers and students use these devices in class for every subject. Text books have been replaced by the laptops or tablets, which are lend to each students in school and can take home. The devices have the apps for each of their subjects and students can read their text book in an e-book format. Additionally, students can do their homework on it, send messages to classmates or teacher, or play educational games that involves their current subjects. Although, these are convenient reasons to use devices in and after school, I must say I don’t agree. Technology devices should not be the primary way for students to learn in school. It has taken away the traditional passive learning pattern, some teacher are not helping or not teaching at all, and students are exposed to danger while walking towards school or home.

Many schools across the United States uses technology in some form of way. Technology resources and technology plan are most of the time managed by a team of professional who work together for long periods of times. Majority of the time spent is used to develop technology plan that can range from 50 pages to 38 pages. The page length depends on how in depth the team goes to explain their Technology Plan. Theses plans can take up to a year or two to develop . With this being said currently my job is at Chesterfield County Public School.

Evidence:Technology is like every other tool in the classroom it just brings forth many obstacles and causes many distractions.” However students with temptation of social media and texting in their hands , students may focus more on their social life instead of the lesson plan.” Also students become very lazy because their phones are giving them the information at their fingertips instead of actually learning through their teachers.( source # 2 & 4 ).

In the 21st century, students must be adept in new literacies and technology. Teachers, educators, and parents have a responsibility to teach students the skills they need to become proficient in these areas. Therefore, educators should find engaging ways to incorporate the use of technology into the curriculum. Parents are also mentioned because outside of the classroom, they have an obligation and responsibility to interact and observe how technology is being used.

I think technology in the class is bad because we get off task and play games on the computers that we should not be doing. The technology does not let them get their grades or papers in and that is not good. They can also go look up things that they are not supposed to be getting on. The main thing is them getting bad grades because they are off task, and they need good grades to do great.

Hamblet argues that students should have assess and learn how to use technology during their time in high school because it could help them adapt faster to the transition from high school to college (56). The high schools that allow students to be hands on with technology give students to be more successful throughout college. In this program we attempt to put work sheets together in order encourage students to use technology. When looking for colleges that they want to attend we assist them by giving them techniques however we attempt to let them navigate the web by themselves so that they could get accustom to researching things without the assistance of anyone else. When students accomplish navigating the web and using technology this component benefits them as well as their family members through their transition to college.

In Burlington high school the student gives one on one technology to use for school while there are many benefits to it such as step into the real world, homework and research help, but there are many people that are concerned about the use of technology in high school as it can easily lead to distractions and drop in grades. Technology has the power to influence many people in the world but when it comes to school it can be a double-edged sword as there are many aspects of it that are really useful and harmful to the students. The purpose of technology in school is to teach kids new information. But one on one technology can be a distraction. It can also cause a student to be distracted during class when the teacher is teaching something new.

When I have access to technology I typically use it for school work, personal research, and connecting to others. In school I practice coding with programs such as Python and C++, I also use the internet for exploring different topics of computer science, like looking up new Linux commands, finding a new algorithm to try, or discovering a different operator to use. While at home I practice my coding work by finding new projects to try, like building a website, or making a binary conversion program. By practicing outside of school I improve problem solving skills and can discover faster and more efficient ways of programming. I also spend time editing and improving upon my cyber security checklists for Cyber Patriot. I look through checklists,

You are scrolling through your phone trying to find the right song as you wait in line to pick up your pizza. The same pizza that was ordered online just half an hour ago. The plan is to stay in tonight and binge watch the latest season of American Horror Story on your new laptop. Most things you do are only a tap away. Nowadays, an individual can do most things online requiring minimal scrolls and taps. With so many advancements in technology, life has become much more convenient. With modern technology becoming a total phenomenon for civilization, it should be a key aspect to education. Students should be prepared for their future careers where they will most likely be using technology. With all these improvements and advancements,

Many researches have been done to determine the positive and negative effects of technology in a person’s live in this Information age. This particular study was performed to find out the contribution of technology on a college student’s learning and thinking. The purpose of the study was to determine if the technology used in classroom has positive influence on a college student or it diverts student’s attention. While doing this study few other factors were also under investigation, which impact students such as save time to invest in other daily life chores, manage classroom activities, convenience and increase interest in subject. This correlation study was performed on 56 participants by using a survey questionnaire and randomly distributed among three undergraduate psychology classes at City College of New York, a law class at Touro College and posted on wall of personal Facebook account, which has only college students in friends list. After running the analysis on responses received on survey questionnaire, it was concluded that students prefer technology use in classroom as it benefits them by saving their time, managing class activities in a one section, helping improve their test scores, its convenient and most importantly they show interest in

Technology distracts students from their education because it causes them to be more plugged into their devices than their education lower their grades. A paper published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that students barred from using digital devices or laptops in lectures did better on their exams than those using computers and access the internet. The study also found that forty-seven percent of heavy technology users were found to have poor grades. So is it just college students that technology is affecting? Data from iKeepSafe, shows that twenty-eight percent of teens say their digital engagement interferes with schoolwork. So from the data found in many studies on students, we have a right to be concerned about

It can divert the students from what is most important such as: paying attention to the teacher, doing their homework, or playing an educational game, even if it is on the internet. Also, the teacher can not monitor every student in class while explaining directions or teaching. Furthermore, computers and tablets can not meet all the students needs, since all students do not learn the same way, if they learn better hands on or orally. Technology can also take away valuable time learning from the teacher.

The 21st century is all technology, phones, computers, and televisions. They are everywhere and students need become technologically sound because this will help them adapt our every changing society. In the journal The Lecture: A Teaching Strategy through the Looking Glass writes “specifically if a student does not have a computer and does not have access to the internet they are at a disadvantage and in more recent time” (Perrin, Laing, 2014 p.67-77). If students do not have a computer they will not do as well as other students who do. Students will comprehend what they learn if they are engaged with the subject they are studying. Technology helps keep students engaged according to according to the Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics who has done research on secondary