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I am a simple girl with probably not the most knowledgable mind but I do have many thoughts. I have many goals and aspirations to achieve. However, my lifelong dream is to help children grow, learn, and create with their simple childish minds. I hope you enjoy reading my thoughts as i try to some how make sense with my lack of ability to communicaite on paper. :)

Thursday, September 15, 2011

How Will Technology Control the Classroom

Hello reader my name is Annie Reed. I have only been at Cedarville University since last year. I am now a sophomore and studying Elementary Education. My home is in Denver, Colorado and I absolutely feel that is one of the best state's to live in. I am not a blogger but as I feel that technology is on the rise I feel I need to expand my horizons. Most of the time I am being swallowed in by the lack of knowledge of how to use technology but I am trying to overcome my inability to connect to the times. I know that technology is everywhere and consumes our culture. It will exist even in my Kindergarten classroom someday. However, this is quite a scary thought but I know I need to be prepared for the future.


I most definitely agree with the idea that technology will change education in the times ahead. There are many technologies just this year that will have the potential to expand the classroom. Just toolsets alone will be used without increasing costs, which will extend learning into the home, and will increase student engagement.The Apple's iPad and the new and upcoming slate of Android and webOS-based tablets will allow schools to step into a whole new world of mobile/handheld devices in classrooms. With the Internet being at our fingertips, and several other technologies as well, will be provided for educational use including; electronic book readers, annotation tools, applications for creation and composition, and social networking tools. Thus the classroom will be a completely new place of learning.

I know that technology will be a very helpful aid in the classroom as it continues to improve, but will also take away from the hands on learning that I enjoyed growing up with. I hope that in my own classroom I can learn the balance of being supplied with the latest technology but not controled by it.





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2 comments:

  1. hstudebakerSeptember 22, 2011 at 9:44 AM

    I really like how you open about yourself at the beginning of the blog. It gives the reader an idea of who you are and where you come from. I like how you openly say that you are not big about technology but that you know you will have to use it someday in the the classroom so it's time to "expand [your] horizons." I thought all of the different examples of technology were very interesting. There were a lot of new devices I had never heard of. Even as a kindergarten teacher you will end up using technology one way or another. Even if it is just a website to keep parents up to date.

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  2. MandySeptember 23, 2011 at 12:29 PM

    Try not to think of technology as taking away from hands-on learning. Sometimes, maybe, but it depends on what you use and how you use it.

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