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Well, technology can help us accomplish a lot. Look no further than right now! We are accomplishing class by using technology. This way we don't fall behind and we can open our ways to another way of having class. In my classroom I plan to use technology in educational and non-educational ways. For example, it is extremely important to me to have the parents of my student

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You can post in any column by clicking the Plus sign at the bottom of the column. In some cases you may have to scroll down in an an individual column to find the bottom of the thread. As you can see, there are multiple ways to contribute, so feel free to click the plus, then then three dots, and then share however works best for you! (You can record your face, your voice,  draw, add a link, etc. In the box itself, you can just type your thoughts.) Scroll down for expectations for today.

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The Pros and Cons of Technology | Edudemic.pdf

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The Pros and Cons of Technology | Edudemic.pdf

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This website is organized by UDL brain network and gives many different technology tools that can help reduce barriers. Pick one, explore it, and share a review of the tool including its strenghts, weaknesses, if you would use it in your class, why/why not.

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Minecraft Education Is a Game - and a Learning Tool!

Minecraft Education is more than a popular game. It's a platform that gives educators tools to teach collaboration, assessment, coding and more.

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We help educators around the world use technology to solve tough problems.

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I actually used Google Read&Write in high school, and I found it helpful.  I especially liked how I could highlight on web pages, because otherwise I have trouble identifying the important parts of a reading. It has a big drawback, though: it only works in Google Chrome and only when you are connected to the internet

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A main pro for having technology in the classroom is that every student can be engaged in another way other than working on a worksheet or talking aloud to the class. Technology is big in our modern lives and with it students may already know how to the tools at home and understand it better in the classroom. It may also help with students that need more help as well. Last year in ED219, we had a child who was autistic and she used her iPad to interact with all of us. It was really neat!

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I definitely think technology can be a double-edged sword with teaching, but mostly for older students. with younger kids they don't have a ton of access to things, but I think once phones are present its much harder to make sure kids are present in class (mentally)

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I definitely think technology can be a double-edged sword with teaching, but mostly for older students. with younger kids they don't have a ton of access to things, but I think once phones are present its much harder to make sure kids are present in class (mentally)

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I personally think technology is a benefit to learning. There are so many different types of technology out there today that can really benefit students learning. For example, Quizlet. Quizlet is an app you can use to help you study and it  does almost all the work for you. All you have to do is type in the definitions and then they teach you all of the words in less than an hour. Quizlet is a great tool of technology to use if you have an upcoming quiz or test.

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While I think that the argument for the con that technology will eventually replace teachers is indeed valid, I still think that even as technology advances there will still be a need for someone who can teach the proper way to look for pertinent information online using the technology.

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One Pro for having technology in the classroom is the way it can help learners go at their own pace and encourage learning. I think this would help them get the most out of the learning, and might help more students feel more engaged in the classroom.

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I think it can be a pro and con. You can get much more information from using technology. However, when the student begins to go off topic and begin to drift from the lesson that is when it may become a problem.

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The only con that comes to mind with technology in the classroom, is when it is not being properly used by the teachers and/ or they do not have an understanding on how to use it so students may learn the wrong way making it unsupportive to the classroom and lessons.

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when I was a coolmath made it fun to learn math, and the games also helped. I know kids would always like to use it because it did help them learn valuable skills

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I believe that technology has created so many different avenues for students to expand their knowledge. In the reading they talked about how technology can allow for personalized learning which can help students of all levels thrive. Students always produce better work when it can be done based off of their time tables and needs.

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I find that a really convincing pro to using technology in classrooms is for students who may have special needs. This will allow those students to still be engaged with everyone but they may need technology to help them out. For example, my friend is a paraprofessional in a middle school and she works with a student who is non-verbal, so he needs to use an iPad to communicate. From the article, I felt that this best described my reasoning, "From adaptive word processor apps to programs that speak for children who struggle with language"(Ronan, 2017).  I am not sure exactly what kind of program her student uses but this is definitely an important factor for using technology in a classroom.

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I wrote in my reflection for today about the difference technology made for my school. In my opinion it seemed that teachers were able to present information easier to us through the use of the SMART Boards because the hooked directly up to the computer.

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Hey everyone, it's Sarah! I really liked this article and how it was organized. Anyway, my favorite pro of technology in the classroom that Amanda Ronan talked about in this article was how students can go at their own pace. Personally, I have always been one of the last ones to finish my work. It takes me longer than others to comprehend some things we learn in school. If I had more technology than I did when I was in elementary school, things may have been different for me.

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I think it is worth it to devote time in school to learning how to navigate computers. It is worthwhile for students to learn how to create portfolios online of their work as well as to learn how to research effectively. In the New York Times article you had us read it gave a statistic saying about 75% of 2,465 teachers surveyed said that the Internet and search engines had an overall positive impact on research skills.

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There are so many kids in schools these days that need so extra help in order to excel. I personally think technology can give them that help they need. Imagine if we had technology that is specialized to each child's needs, it would make such a difference.

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I see technology as a benefit to learning in certain lessons. Technology can be used to help spice up a lesson or even become the lesson if used right. It also can be a great tool to have for teachers when there are assessments! From the pros and cons article the author states that "With this information, teachers can easily see how their students are preforming as a whole
class, as a subgroup, and as individuals, and can provide intervention as needed." It is easier to send this information
to heads of departments if the students needs more assistance and it also helps keep track of where they may be at in school.

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The biggest con would be that someone cannot use the technology in the proper way and it would disrupt the class if an IT person or a teacher tried to fix it during class

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I think the biggest con to using technology in classrooms is that it can be very distracting. While using technology can be both good and bad, sometimes the use of technology can make students think they have free range to do whatever they want once they are given the chance to go online. A quote from the article that I feel goes along with this is, "the concern that students will be too busy tweeting and Snapchatting to pay attention to the lesson"(Ronan, 2017). I found this quote to be interesting because I agree with it. I am not sure if schools are still doing this, but when I was in school and we were given the opportunity to research and use computers, social media and inappropriate sites were always blocked.

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It is so much more engaging for the kids as well because they are growing up in a tech-savvy world nowadays.

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If you want to hear our take, check out the references here-- a padlet within a padlet! What do YOU think??

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I think a con would be that technology can be very distracting. I know for me personally I can often get very side tracked whether it's by my phone or even just browsing the internet on my computer

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I can definitely see the pros and the cons to having technology so prominent in the classroom but I overall I thinks the pros out weight the cons. Through technology students (SPED) in particular have flourished. Technology provides easy access to all information which can be extremely helpful when writing research papers.

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I think technology can enable more students to access the general education curriculum. There are programs that can read aloud books to dyslexic students, describe images to visually impaired students, etc. that will allow everyone to access the curriculum

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One of the ways technology can play an important role in the education space, she continued, is by helping to streamline administrative and back-oce work – tools that can, for example, digitize student records or ensure a district is meeting its special education compliance standard

i agree with this quote from the reading, because technology should be more integrated in schools in general

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The most convincing reason to use technology in the classroom is the benefits it gives to the students. Some kids need extra help in class and technology can give them that. Some people do not believe in technology but when it comes to benefitting the students I think they should get on board.

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Popplet is a tool that can help someone create concept maps online. I think this tool would be good for those who learn better from something like concept maps. It shows a variety of ways that you can lay it out, and can create more than one for different topics/subtopics. A tool like this might not work for someone who prefers to write things out, or have a hard copy in front of them. One way around that could be that you could print out the outline and fill it in, or print out the map when you've finished.

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i think this is making conversations go a lot faster, though its sometimes harder to be as eloquent on the computer, espessiallu with a lagging site

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Technology makes it so much easier to connect with people around the country. For example just look who easy this website has made it for us to have class.

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I think even though the conversations seem to be happening faster, they are still as meaningful as face to face. I might even argue that they are more meaningful because 1) over the Internet people are a lot more confident in their ability to speak on things due to not having to speak out in front of a class and 2) we all have our computers open right now which makes it just that much more convenient to look back to the articles to look for examples. The only change of pace is that we are all technically "talking" all at once so it seems faster.

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The biggest barrier surrounding the topic of technology in the classroom for me is the amount of exposure we allow students to have in one school day. If you think about todays kids are surrounded by technology everywhere they look. I believe that technology does play a big factor in how we interact with people. It can change our behavior, demeanor, thinking patterns, and attitudes.

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As I wrote in my assignment, I feel that technology is both a benefit and an obstacle. I think at this point in my life, technology benefits more to learning than it does creating barriers. This is also because there is so much technology out there to help students be successful in school and they are still coming out with more things to help benefit us more. The reason I feel like it is both is because of the pro I used earlier and of the con I used earlier. It is definitely useful when it is being used the right way especially with children with special needs, but it can also be distracting if you are getting sidetracked into something else. It was definitely helpful today to still have class like this and technology is to be thanked for that.

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At my school, we didn't use technology all that much unless we were working on papers or projects. Although, just this year they started giving students chromebooks. I don't think that has changed much about the way the school carries out instruction, but I think it's their way of trying to incorporate more technology into the instruction. In one of the readings, and the quote i used in the paper, it mentioned something about how students are so used to being able to get immediate access to answers. I think that at my school that was sort of the opposite. We didn't use technology very often and almost every teacher required phones to be away, so we couldn't just google an answer if we didn't know it, we had to find another way to get it.

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Technology is familiar and becoming easier to access. Technology is making class time easier for teachers as well. Smart boards and different websites and apps to communicate and send out work.

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Would love to hear from more people in this thread-- it's a complicated one!! 

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Would love to hear from more people in this thread-- it's a complicated one!! 

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it's npt necessarily a bad thing; it gives students the chance to teach their teachers and feel good about their ability. however, teachers should be at least semi-competent at using the tech

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I am really liking this class! I think that even though the conversations are happening at a fast pace, they are still meaningful. If anything, they are even more meaningful because we are confident in our writing. I think some people become scared when they have to talk in class and they forget what they want to say. We are just more comfortable in our writing I suppose.

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Technology is not beneficial to younger students because they have yet to develop as much as older students. They need more time to be children and develop fine motor skills.

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In my classroom, I would want to incorporate technology because I feel as though it does have some benefits. I think I would allow students if they want to take notes on their computer, I know for me this helps to make sure I get everything down. I also think that it could be a god scaffold in some lessons. If we were to find videos that went along with what we were learning that could help students understand the material.

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I think that learning how to use technology could be a good goal. I think that knowing how to use technology is something everyone should know how to do. Especially where technology is becoming more and more popular. I think that if all the students are familiar with technology, then it could be a way to make classtime more engaging, or another tool to use when teaching lessons. There are several educational apps that are available, so depending on what you're teaching, it might be a way to help further student understanding. for me personally, I know I wish we had more technology instruction where I'm from. I'm the worst when it comes to using technology, and struggle to do certain things, or have to constantly ask how to use different apps.

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It seems as though teaches are quick to say that their students have small attention spans and are difficult to engage. When teachers feel as though their hard work isn't being appreciated by their students they begin to feel frustrated and burn out quicker, rightfully so. BUT  I believe that if teachers are willing to put the time in outside of work to find websites, games, actives, and lessons that utilize technology then they will see a vast improvement in their students engagements.

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I don't think it is a bad thing if a student knows more about a teacher when it comes to technology. As long as the teacher has some education on the technology they are using, then I think they are fine. Of course you want to be well educated in the technology you are using in your classroom because you don't want to slow down the class process. Especially if you are teaching young children because if you give them one second to get out of hand, they will take advantage of it. I also think it could be good for a student's self-esteem to help a teacher with technology. See my gif for further explanation...

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Google drive is useful because you can access it from different devices and use it in different places.

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My high school, Weymouth High, has made technology a part of learning in the classroom. teachers are required to incorporate technology into every assignment. They go by a new set of standards they call 21st century skills.

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Technology can help students discover new ideas on topics they are learning about and can give them access to newer more up to date resources.

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As long as technology isn't always the goal I agree it is helpful, it should not be the goal of every single class. In the real world students will be expected to use technology in jobs, so incorporating it into some classes is helpful.

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the most important Pro about technology in the classroom is that students have endless information at their fingertips. If they don't understand a word or concept, they can quickly look it up. The immediate clarification is what is most helpful to students when learning something new.

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A Con with technology in the classroom is that people will take in-person classes more seriously than an online class because we were always taught in classrooms. I feel as though it is easier to get away with putting in minimal effort for an online class compared to a class that you have to show up for.

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I think that it will be common for a student to know more about technology than the teachers, but this can benefit everyone in the class! The teacher and other students who don't know either can all learn from the student. As Cristina mentioned, teaching something to the class (even if it's simple) will boost a student's confidence and make them more motivated!

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Based on individual's abilities technology can be a benefit, if the student understands how to successfully use it.

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Technology takes the sincerity out of conversations and often can cause confusion amongst students and teachers when there isn't a way to continuously keep the conversation flowing.

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Teachers may not know enough about technology to use it's full advantage.