Technology Issue Blog Week 2
In the educational world today technology has been considered to be the most important tool that both students and teachers have access to. Students today and young people period are technologically savvy but are not necessarily using it the correct way. You see students daily walking around with al sorts of technology such as Ipads, smart phones, tablets, etc.… The use of this technology comes natural to this generation of students that there is no need to instruct them on how to use it. I have noticed how technology has changed drastically from when I was in high school that is almost 20 years ago when the big thing with technology, which was word processing. Now you have classes where they cover touch-typing plus the entire Microsoft office suite, coding and an industry certification test.
A major issue I see with technology is not getting the actual technology itself but developing the teachers to enable them on how to teach students and use technology successfully. School districts are making good investments with technology but are but are putting them in classrooms with teachers who are ill prepared and not able to understand the technology in which they have access too. Right now at my school there is plenty of unused brand new technological equipment not being used because some teachers do not want to take the time to try learn the equipment or even fit it into their curriculum.
http://thejournal.com/articles/2013/06/04/6-technology-challenges-facing-education.aspx