Reflection: Technology in Classroom

Technology is always going to change because there is always going to be something better and bigger to add to the long list of technology. But little did we know, or should I say digital natives knew this would happen but digital immigrant didn't see the light of technology hitting the classroom, but I always knew computers and mobile phones would somehow be placed in the classroom but not wiping out the blackboard and books!

Using technology in the classroom would be a great opportunity for the students to help teach the teacher, yes you heard right, about how to tackle the challenge of using technology. Teachers may tackle lots of training in using technology but I believe there will be some day where teachers will shake their head and not know what they have done. Students come to the rescue!

I believe students will tackle learning a lot more if technology is used in the classroom because technology is all about being creative and using as many digital tools as they possibility can to encourage the children to learn! Students aren't going to want to do a lot of reading from the blackboard, they prefer to talk!  Depending on the individual, the teacher needs to use different learning styles to have the class interested in the subject that is being taught.

The one thing that does concern me the most is, what happens when the electricity and back up battery on Ipads, computers, etc is out? How do teachers continue to teach the class without too many distractions from the students of saying "Oh, but I wanted to listen to that discussion" or "I was looking at the diagram." That is one thing that is needed to be taken into consideration when using technology in the classroom.

I do believe there would need to be guidelines as to how the students use the mobile phones or Ipad in the classroom but I believe it would be a win win situation with students and teachers using different technology in the classroom to learn.

So from generation to generation our classroom is changing, (Baby boomers-small blackboards; Gen x-blackboards and books; Gen y-Books and technology; Gen z-technology!).How will it be in the next generation? Classroom on the internet?? Who knows!