Hello everyone!
Technology can have great benefits in the classroom. Why is it that it is not easily adopted by some educators in the classrooms? Why should we care? These questions may seem biased and aligning with people that may be technologically savvy, while inconsiderate of those who resist change. Nevertheless, I understand the challenges of learning something new and also the harm of not keeping up with the changing trends.
Why is it that it is not easily adopted by some educators? Technology can be intimidating to many educators, it is a set of skills that not everyone possesses. I have personally experienced being taught a lesson by highly qualified instructors who make the subject interesting, relevant and up to date. I would have not noticed that they were not comfortable with technology until they attempted to use it in class, with much effort and cooperation from all present... they blamed it on technological malfunctions and finally...they gave up.
Some reasons why we should care about integrating technology in the classrooms are that technology is not an innovation, it has been part of society at large. It keeps on developing and becoming more mainstream and part of out daily lives. It has infiltrated our daily routine and become the normal way of doing things in ways we never dreamed possible. We would not think of looking in the dictionary for a meaning, nor going to our public library to find information that we can access in seconds on all sorts of devices. It is part of our personal and professional lives. Technology defines the way we interact and connect with each other. It reinvents the way we meet and even date. It contributes to our modern language in any language new vocabulary words. Technology presents us with a surmountable amount of data, with which we could no longer think its possible to make decisions or survive and our students need to become very comfortable searching, selecting and using this information.
VERY INTERESTING READ.. I feel you are going to learn alot about technology and become a truly effective teacher in the classroom. I believe a teacher should be dual talented in many fields to truly be an effective teacher. I personally have had the best teachers when i had teachers that made the class social, group projects and somehow incorporated technology within the class in some way shape or form for example using tablets or group projects! Very intriguing read.
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