To claim that technology will improve student achievement is farfetched in my opinion. What will improve student achievement are proficient teachers. These teachers can properly teach the students how to use the technology to expand their learning. Once the technology is learned, the students can begin their adventure into expanding their learning techniques. That is how technology will improve student achievement, through good teaching. Teachers cannot simply throw a new technology at their students and expect to attain marvelous results.
The article made some great points about technology improving education; however I felt that the article made the assumption that all teachers were going to effectively teach the newest technologies, and all students would have the same access to new technologies. Sadly, this would not be the case. Not all schools can afford the newest technologies, and not all teachers will successfully instruct their students in the proper use of the newest tools and technologies. With these kinds of exceptions in mind we can make the assumption that properly taught technologies will improve education.
Technology does open an endless door of possibilities. It’s a part of our culture that cannot be denied. If we equip our students to learn through new technologies, we are giving them an new way of learning that could help them to teach their students one day.
When you say technology opens up a door of endless possibilities, you raise a relatively scary scenario. I am not saying we should inhibit our students opportunities to learn, but we have to be careful.
ReplyDeletei believe that technology is a tool that is hard to monitor and control. Students can get distracted easily and if you open that door, especially in a classroom, students are not going to hesitate to find something moer interesting.