Technology in the Classroom

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Technology in the Classroom Technology is becoming more and more dominant in our society.Everyday upgrades are being made and new innovations are being discovered. Technology is all around us whether we want it to be or not: it is the vehicles we drive, it can be found in our homes, and can even be found in the grocery store.Every place we look there is some type of technology.I believe technology has had a major impact on our school systems and is still impacting it today.There are those who do not agree, though, that technology has impacted our schools.Eric Gormly writes, “In fact, many theorists point out the overall impact of technology on education has been quite small, manifesting little discernible change in the classroom.” [1]Yes, there are some schools that are not as advanced as others, but many of them do have a significant amount of technology in them.I find it fascinating that so much technology has been incorporated into our classrooms, but I believe that, even with all of the positive aspects that are associated with technology, there are some negative and even dangerous aspects that should be taken into account.I will be sharing some of the equipment that has been used in the schools, how both the students and the teachers use the equipment, and also the positive and negative effects that technology has had on our schools. Our schools have progressed tremendously in the past century.In fact, in the past three decades, we have seen much progression with the use of computers in the classroom.We have gone from one room school houses with one teacher teaching many grades, to schools that may be two stories high or more with many teachers for each grade.More students are in school in today’s society than there... ... middle of paper ... ... 2.Guralnik, David B. Webster’s New World Dictionary. The United States of America.World Publishing Company. 1980 3.McLafferty, Charles L. “Technology revolution= education evolution.” Kappa Delta Pi Record v. 37 no. 1. (Fall 2000): 22-5 4.Scott, Thomas J. and O’Sullivan, Michael K. “The Internet and information literacy: taking the first step toward technology education in the social studies.” The Social Studies v. 91 no.3. (May/June 2000): 121-5 5.Scott, Thomas J. and O’Sullivan, Michael K. (May/June 2000) 6.Dinan, Susan E. “Technology in the classroom: Microsoft PowerPoint slide shows.” The Sixteenth Century Journal v. 31 no. 2. (Summer 2000): 453-5 7.Dwyer, Victor. “Surfing back to school.” Maclean’s v. 109. (Aug. 26, 1996): 40-6 8. Dwyer, Victor. (Aug. 26, 1996) *All of these sources were located at http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org

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