Why Technology Is Good In The Classroom

Technology in the school has become an increasingly challenging and somewhat disruptive aspect in today’s educational system. In order to maintain what is considered the status quo, schools have focused their energy and resources on banning cell phones, wireless Internet and blocking social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter in schools. However, as technology continues to grow in our society outside of the school, many believe that effectively involving these technologies into the classroom can ultimately improve student engagement in their learning environments. This research paper will focus on both sides of the argument and ultimately seek to determine if there is a best practice regarding technological being put into schools.

The pro's outweighs the con's in this argument. While technology could distract students, it can just as easily hold their attention. As discussed when moving from a technological environment to a non technological one an adjustment period is necessary. Using technology in schools has a positive effect on the environment. Schools who use more technology in turn use less paper. Students with disabilities are no longer left behind with assistive technology. When these programs are in use students with disabilities have a better possibility to succeed. Students are being prepared for the future by becoming familiar with technology. Last but not least technology makes learning fun. Technology is always going to be around why shouldn't schools take advantage of all the

In the last decade, increasingly powerful technologies have begun to make their way into classrooms across the nation. Many classrooms are now equipped with personal computers that run educational software to help teach students facts and concepts in a more engaging way than a traditional lecture. Advances in telecommunications technologies have led to almost universal access to the Internet, allowing students and teachers to communicate with people from around the world and gain access to a wealth of educational materials. New ways of obtaining and presenting information have given students powerful new methods for understanding the world around them. However, while use of

For years, new technologies have been arising and improving drastically. To some generations technology is nothing but foreign to them. Children these days are so familiar with how to use technology; they almost start to learn after they start walking. So many people are abusing technology by overusing it and even some, becoming addicted. If technology is going to be used, it should have a positive purpose behind it. Throughout the past five years technology has become a main focus in the classroom and schools. Teachers are beginning to use computers, iPads etc. to help teach every grade and age. It has become so over welling that it could be believed that with all this technology, there is no point to have a teacher. Teachers and schools

Technology consist of knowledge, products and processes. It is the application of scientific methods and knowledge to obtain industrial and commercial objectives (“Technology: Researcher Topic”). Some may say technology has cost a lot of loss in culture, but little do they know it has helped to reshape society as well as giving a sense of enlightenment and engagement. Even though it’s always changing, it’s superior in todays society, due to the fact it makes everything more accessible than in the past.

When it comes to the topic of technology in schools, most of us will readily agree that the internet is hard to stay away from. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is on the question of its necessity in school through devices. Whereas some are convinced that technology is beneficial in the education of the future generations, others maintain that it debilitates them instead. Although internet access is important in today’s world, there are several important factors to consider before incorporating it into an educational setting.

This week we discovered the impact that videos and movies have on the 21st Century classroom. One of the articles chosen for this week discussed research that focused on how movies or video that were used as pre class instruction in flipped classrooms and the impact that it had on students in an under graduated science based class. A second article chosen for this week discussed the benefits of technology in the 21st Century classroom specifically at video and its impact on students. These resources all tie in with this week’s Christian World Review of II Corinthians9:6-19 and Romans 8:26-39 in that we must love and serve God with our whole heart in return we will have internal life.

There are so many ways to integrate technology into your lessons. It is not always possible due to the lack of money and time but as teachers we can always implement some ways to help achieve our goals. Technology is very important in the real world and we constantly need to seek for new ways to change how our learners learn to help them succeed during their school years. Let us look at some simple ways to integrate technology into our classroom and lessons.

The name of the schools is Sterne School located in San Francisco, California.The school has a philosophy of developing customized learning plans for each of the sixth to twelfth grade students with a focus on their strength areas, while identifying the areas for development and also guiding them on an excellent path in a private and yet supporting atmosphere.

Technology is an ever-changing element in our society as well as within the classroom. As educators, we have the opportunity to take these technology advances and put them to use to better our teaching as well as better the learning of our students. This paper will specifically discuss how the incorporation of technology within the art education curriculum can bring beneficial results to the classroom environment and learning process. Technology can be incorporated into the art education classroom to help improve student behavior, it is proven to be beneficial in motivating student work and morale, and technology is being used to help integrate the arts with other core subjects as we see in the STEAM movement.

The use of technology is particularly popular in almost every school in the United States. A common issue found in the education system nowadays is how much technology students use for their schoolwork. Millions of students use electronic components such as the computer, tablet, and phones to complete their assignments and communicate with other students about school projects and such. There are many pros and cons to this issue but there are mostly negative effects to it. In the education system, the use of technology should be limited for the students because it will decrease the dependency individuals have of the internet to help with their work, there will be an increase in their social skills, and students will not be lazy with everything they do.

Due to the escalading burden to increase student achievement on high-stakes or state-mandated assessments combined with the notion that educators should increase the use of technology within their classroom, a study was conducted to determine the impact of technology on test scores. To be more specific the study was conducted to determine the impact that the use of technology had on a select group of at-risk students in 9th grade English Literature.

When you enter a classroom and sit down, you automatically take out your technological device. It feels normal, almost like second nature due to the influx in the social media world, but is it appropriate in the classroom? Different opinions have arisen on whether or not it is acceptable to be on your phone or computer in a classroom setting. On one hand, texting while you’re paying for a class is not only a waste of money, but a waste of the teachers’ time. On another hand, classes have evolved to include phones and computers in order to learn. It is important to figure out how the classmates learn in order to determine if using phones are acceptable or not.

Adolescents are incorporating their technology communication throughout their day. School authorities argue that these media are distracting, isolating, and disruptive (Subrahmanyam & Greenfield, 2008). Students do not separate themselves from their electronics while in school, which has risen concerns that they may be using their technology to cheat (use their cell phone camera to copy) or to participate in illegal activities (Subrahmanyam & Greenfield, 2008). Since more and more students are relying on the technology, some educators feel the urged to incorporate or allow students to use their technology during classroom (Nowell, 2014). Schools across the United States had banned the idea of using technology during school hours, as it has been labeled as disruptive, but not all educators feel that way (Nowell, 2014). Educators emphasized that texting can be used to send reminders home, communicate with students and parents, and serve as a student response system; however, participants did not recognize texting as a feature to be used in the classroom but rather as a barrier to integration (Thomas & O’Bannon, 2013). In a study by Nowell (2014) demonstrated how teachers in an urban high school employed mobile phones and different social media sites to build relationships, extend classroom learning online, tackle the digital divide, and to teach twenty-first century literacies and other life skills. Thomas and O’Bannon (2013) explained a study (Thomas & Orthober, 2011) that

Technology has made great strides in the past 20 years. It plays a very important role in our lives today and even plays a critical role in the way students learn all over the world. Unfortunately, students now rely on technology instead of learning key fundamentals. Technology has replaced the need to learn and most answers are just a google search away. Technology has also become expensive and lower socioeconomic school districts have found affording the newest technology difficult because of their lack of funding. Technology is a great learning tool when used appropriately. The lower socioeconomic school falls behind in the expanding frontier of technology in the classroom because they cannot afford it compared to their counterparts and results in a gap in education. The development of technology in the classroom has caused students to fail the learning of fundamentals and has exploited lower socioeconomic school districts.