Based on the following blogs there has been exponential growth in technology use, especially among students.
Jenny's Blog
Jacqueline's Blog
Jeff's Blog
I knew children today are using more and more technology but I do not feel like that is reason enough for us as teachers to be forced to use it to teach. In fact I disagree with the positions of these people about using technology in our future classrooms. I think that technology should be used to enhance our teaching; not the other way around. It is more important that students understand the concepts than the technology that applies them. As I stated in my first blog, it is ridiculous to force teachers to use technology that they don't even understand. It makes the teacher look unknowledgeable and is just an excuse for many kids to goof off.
In my classroom I will focus on the concepts of mathematics and how to solve problems. I want my students to be able to connect these concepts to real life. If THAT means using a computer or some other technological advancement that I understand than I will teach that. I recognize that technology is an important part of our society but I also see what could happen if everything crashed. Children should be able to do math without the help of technology.
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