A students education is very important. In today's world you have to have some type of higher education to get a better job and higher pay. Even fast food places are looking for someone with a higher education. If teachers see students are not doing their work then they they need to change it. Students seem more interested in doing work when some sort of technology is involved. So, Teachers why not add a little more technology to their homework every now and again. With student have more interest in school with the use of technology, dropout rates might go down.
Technology use be Teachers-
I thought the use of technology would be higher in the classrooms. Less then half the schools today are using technology in the classrooms. Going through high school, I remember only using technology for power points and it was rare. The teachers gave us mostly worksheets or we did the work through the books (which was cool because they had the answers in the back of the books). I wonder if its more of the higher income school or academy schools that use the technology more. Yeah, I guess technology has came a long way from when I started school. When I was in Elementary I remember teachers using grade books to write our grades and today they are using computers or tablets to do so.
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Overcoming a Digital Disconnection-
True, "Schools are filled with students who are comfortable using technology and teachers who are much less technologically confident." Students are good with technology because they are growing up with the technology today. Were teachers might see it as another language. I agree with having the use of computer or tablets in classrooms but, I don't think students should be able to use their smartphones. Teachers and staff able monitor more of what is going on with a computer or tablet because they are bigger then a cell phone. With the use of a phone students are more likely to text friends or use social media, then do the class work. Students who use technology for assignments when not required by a teacher is great because it can help expand their minds a the lesson.
During summer breaks I think teachers should take a required course that shows them how to use technology more in their classes. This can give them the opportunity to become more up to date on the technology being used by students. With having more technology in schools student are interested in what they are doing them goofing around with peers.
Resources:
Maloy, R. W. (2014). Transforming learning with new technologies (2nd ed.). Boston: Pearson.
Technology in Schools - iPads at St Mildred's. (n.d.). You Tube. Retrieved September 7, 2014, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-ObDS7zm5YFind a website by URL or keyword...
Nice work on the thoughtful response and video enhancement! :) I am intrigued with your thoughts about cell phones vs. tablets in the classroom in that size makes it easier to monitor. I had never really considered that facet and it does make sense. Ultimately, I still go back to if you engage students well enough, it becomes a 'moot' point as they are not even thinking about their own devices. I'm sure this issue will continue to be a controversial one.
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