Technology Universe
When you walk down the street almost everybody you see is text messaging, emailing or talking from their cell phones.Everywhere we go technology follows us. Why not incorporate it into our lives as students? I, from my experiences, know that as soon as I get home I head straight for my computer/ I check my emails, talk to my friends, check our my favorite blogs and do even more things. It is so convenient to be able to do all these things WHILE checking out my assignments for homework. When I have to do research for a report all of my resources are right at my fingertips.
Some people might say learning on the computer is being lazy, but I call it being productive. Kids these days have so many activities going on. From soccer practice, to dance rehearsals, to piano lessons, everyone is so busy. If we learned on the computer, everyone would have so much more flexibility. The effort students put into their work would increase and they would be excited about their assignments. I think it would be a disservice not to use the computer. I bet in the next five years everything will be done electronically. Why not prepare students for their futures? Isn’t that what school is about ?
As a student, I really do not feel I have much of a say on how our school works. I think if all teachers were extremely proficient with technology, they would not be as scared to bring technology into the classroom. The technology era did not officially start until maybe 2002. Most teachers had already been teaching for decades before this happened. They are not as computer savvy as many a 30 year old teacher would be. There are still many mysteries about technology, like safety issues. I think once technology becomes an even more important part of everybody’s life, some of the mysteries would disappear. I bet as children and teens from the technology generation grow up, they will incorporate more and more technology into our daily lives, like in schools.
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Tim
El Paso
Tim Holt
March 23, 2008
“I bet as children and teens from the technology generation grow up, they will incorporate more and more technology into our daily lives, like in schools.” I hope it can happen faster than that.
shaggyhill
March 23, 2008