Rethinking Education Ch.7

This chapter address how and what education will gain and loses by incorporating the changing technologies. There is a lot of things to be gained by having technology in the classroom. First of all it is more engaging for students and help them want to do their work. It allows in depth study; it is difficult for teachers to reach every little part of a subject and having access to the internet allows student to discover on their own. This means that students and even parents are becoming more accountable for learning. I think this is a great thing because when you are in control your more likely to be more personal and learn what applies to you more than if you were just getting an overview. Also, thechnolgy personalize education, which helps with the wide diversity of students and student thinking. It provides variety in the classroom by enable many different interactive activities. Students can play computer cames, watch videos, listen to podcasts, and much more. It is also assiting teachers in more individual learning, which has been proven to very benefical to students. I believe with all these new developments it is still important to teach students about the basics with and with out technology ; because if something goes wrong they are going to need the means to get along without technologies. In the end it is also important to teach each student about the knowledge behind technology and even a bit about how it works. I think as long as students understand these thing it will be an even better reason to incorporate technology into a classroom. I will definetly use technology in my classroom to reach all students but I think teaching the background is also extremely important.