Sunday, November 7, 2010
Technology in the classroom
With the ever changing technology that can be incorporated into the classroom, I think that we, as educators, are moving towards a paperless environment and that textbooks will be replaced by e-books. Students will have access to their work from their home computers in addition to their access at school. Students will start using social networking sites, blogs, and chat rooms more frequently and use them as a resource tool in their studies and assignments. Texting, smart phones, iPads, etc. will be more useful in the classroom providing that they are used for educational purposes. All this technology can be overwhelming to the veteran teachers who prefer the textbooks and not so much the technology. Training these educators on how to use this technology is critical if the students are going to benefit from its use in all classrooms.
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I completely agree that training for educators is going to be most important if incorporating tech into the classroom is going to be successful. As with all things in education, teachers are overwhelmed with initiatives, and incorporating tech will be be "one more thing" instead of something profitable and beneficial for all.
ReplyDeleteI have made it a point to become more proficient in the use of tech because it makes my own day much more fun. I've learned a ton myself, and would like to bring that all to my students. But...there are only so many hours in a day and my family life is more important, so, I do what I can each year, but if we had a system of training built into the school year, I am sure I would do a much better job.
I am not sure we will go completely paperless, though. I love my Nook, but I think eBooks will be hard ti use in the classroom as it is not that easy to search for quotes on an eBook as it is with a regular book. Also, some of my students need too much help editing their papers for me to do it on an online program. But I do think that we can seriously decrease our use of paper through some online programs for sure.
Great post!
Rachel T.