ITEC 3100 (Spring 2025) Benefits and Challenges of using technology in the classroom (text and video response) by Mrs.

Akiko Thompson

2025-01-08 19:17:49 UTC

This article taught me that integrating technology into the classroom prepares students for their future careers by teaching them valuable skills while supporting different learning styles. It fosters student collaboration and enhances their engagement with the material, making learning more interactive and relevant. Additionally, using technology improves student access to information, transforming the traditional learning experience into something much more dynamic. Overall, technology empowers students to take ownership of their learning journey and equips us with essential skills for the digital age.

Akiko Thompson

2025-01-08 19:23:39 UTC

From this article on educational challenges, I've learned that ongoing professional development is crucial for teachers to integrate new technologies, as many feel inadequately prepared. Additionally, resistance to change often stems from comfort with traditional methods. This hinders the adoption of innovative teaching approaches. The emergence of MOOCs and other educational models creates competitive pressure on conventional schooling. Thus, highlighting the need for K-12 institutions to adapt. There's a significant gap in the ability to deliver personalized learning and effective formative assessments. This emphasizes the necessity for better tools and practices to meet modern educational demands.

Joana Pineda

2025-01-10 17:14:33 UTC

This article taught me that technology opened so many new windows in learning. With technology, students can be more creative and be more engaged. They can engage more with their teachers in the classroom or with their classmates during activities. Technology is only advancing so introducing technology in elementary classrooms can help prepare them for the future.

Joana Pineda

2025-01-10 17:25:26 UTC

The digital divide is between students who have more privileges with technology and students who live in a low income household. This article dives into the performance of students and connected it to the internet or device access they have at home. If teachers assigned homework that required internet access, many students are already at a disadvantage and can fall behind. Students who grew up with technology at home will do better in college because of how much universities embrace technology. The technology availability at home can impact a student's performance at school.

Liccy Arias Martinez

2025-01-11 05:32:09 UTC

From this article that I have read about teachers struggling to use technology in the classroom, I've learned that not everyone has the devices to do certain things or join certain meetings online. There are families who don't have access to a computer or tablet, and there are some who don't even have access to the internet. This causes a problem because these students and their families cannot afford these items and need an alternative when it comes to doing homework on the internet. Additionally, having technology could have the students go on something else than what they need to be doing. A student could be listening to an online lesson about plants and animals, but they are too busy trying to ace a high score on a video game. With these things in mind, these challenges that the students face can negativity impact their success because they either get distracted or don't have the technology to do the work.

Liccy Arias Martinez

2025-01-11 06:05:20 UTC

This article showed me the pros and cons about how technology can be used for the benefits and challenges, but mostly benefits. For the pro, seeing that collaboration outside a classroom group project is beneficial for technology to be useful. With apps like PowerPoint and social media, students can collaborate by calling or texting each other and getting work done by splitting the workload all online. This could also improve students to work together with their classmates and building bonds with each other. Another pro is the amount of programs that help students understand their learning a lot more. A teacher can create a Kahoot about the words the students are learning about and have a day in class where they can play that game, or students can create a Quizlet about the words and study them at their own pace. This can help students grow their learning and adapt study skills that can help them throughout their life.

Emma Viar

2025-01-11 18:02:39 UTC

After reading this article, it was able to help me understand how the use of technology can make learning more engaging and exciting for students. It goes into the different tools and programs it can offer and how it allows each student to go at their own pace along with giving them more resources to expand their knowledge. With that, technology can help in elementary classrooms in so many ways such as preparing them for the future along with the real world.

Emma Brown

emmaab410 — 2025-01-11 18:14:37 UTC

From this article I found that technology in the classroom can be beneficial in many ways. Technology can help to incorporate different learning styles which is so important when teaching students who all learn differently. As well as keeping students engaged, kids now are used to technology around them at all times. If you suddenly take that away from them they will get bored which can lead to problems in the classroom.

Emma Viar

2025-01-11 18:17:28 UTC

In this article, it explains some of the challenges of using technology such as distractions, having less face-to-face interaction, and unequal access. It also mentions how the use of technology in the classroom can cause a lack of creativity. To overcome these issues, teachers can set rules and guidelines along with implementing multiple activities that do not use technology so that there is a balance in the classroom. This article overall highlights that technology can work well when it is used carefully.

Emma Brown

emmaab410 — 2025-01-11 18:19:11 UTC

This article stuck out to me because it shows how technology isn't always reliable. You are relying on the kind of device the student has or how the wifi is working that day. Having to fix technical issues, give different instruction for different devices, or having to wait until the wifi comes back up is taking what little instructional time we have away. There are just too many things that can go wrong with technology for it to be a reliable learning tool.

Emma Brown video

emmaab410 — 2025-01-11 18:38:50 UTC

Carson Lewis

2025-01-11 18:57:51 UTC

This article showed me that technology is key in instruction. Integrating technology into classrooms is essential for preparing students for future careers, accommodating diverse learning styles, and enhancing engagement. It fosters collaboration among students and teachers, improves digital citizenship, and provides quick access to up-to-date information. Technology transforms traditional passive learning into an interactive experience, encouraging students to take responsibility and be more creative.

Carson Lewis

2025-01-11 19:00:22 UTC

This article showed me that there are just as many challenges as benefits in the educational system with technology. Integrating technology into K-12 education presents several challenges that schools and educators need to address. Many teachers lack adequate training to effectively use new technologies, and there’s often resistance to change from traditional teaching methods. Additionally, schools struggle to encourage informal, self-directed learning and face difficulties implementing personalized instruction due to limited tools. Technology is often underused in providing feedback through formative assessments, which affects its potential to improve learning. Tackling these issues is essential for making technology a valuable part of education.

Carson Lewis

2025-01-11 19:07:47 UTC

2025-01-11 19:30:24 UTC

Based on the article (10 Reasons Today’s Students NEED Technology in the Classroom) I read technology is everywhere. It touches almost every aspect of our culture. Schools and learning are no exceptions to this. Schools find it hard to implement technology because of the burden of using mobile devices and the WIFI network not being strong enough to support the devices. However, there are many benefits to using technology in the classroom. With the use of technology, it helps prepare students for their future careers, it improves the access to information and helps students stay engaged.

2025-01-11 19:44:18 UTC

William Stokes

As we all know technology can be great but, in a classroom, it can have its drawbacks. Technology in the classroom can easily become a distraction, teachers would need more professional development, and teachers also feel that student’s behavior in some cases would not be mature enough to be online. Lastly, one key thing that can affect the students success with use of technology is the divide in computer literacy in students from lower socioeconomic areas.

1986willstokes — 2025-01-11 20:56:13 UTC

William Stokes

Akiko Thompson

2025-01-11 21:06:28 UTC

Barielle Dickerson

barielle1202 — 2025-01-11 23:51:02 UTC

This article was enlightening, showing me the many pros and cons of using technology in a classroom. Technology enhances the learning experience by making lessons more interactive and engaging. It supports accessibility for diverse learners by allowing them to use the tools given and still understand and connect with peers.

Barielle Dickerson

barielle1202 — 2025-01-12 00:00:19 UTC

Within the article, I found that having technology in a classroom, while having many pros, also has multiple cons. While it does introduce challenges such as distractions, cost (purchasing and maintaining), technical issues, and more, these hurdles are not necessarily insurmountable. By implementing classroom rules and strategies that will minimize distractions, allocate budgets, and offer comprehensive professional development for educators, these challenges can be overcome and enhance the teaching and learning experience for all students.

Barielle Dickerson

barielle1202 — 2025-01-12 18:08:43 UTC

Emma Viar

2025-01-12 18:17:28 UTC

Wiliam Stokes

2025-01-12 20:55:44 UTC

Janae Bridgeforth

2025-01-12 21:03:20 UTC

As we know, technology has become an integral part of how we all live our daily lives. If we manage to do it correctly, we, as teachers, can use the technology that our future students constantly use to enhance their educational experiences in the classroom. Through the use of technology, we can create a more interactive and collaborative learning space by including tools like Nearpod, Kahoot, BrainPop, and more. Technology can also assist with classroom engagement and helps students connect ideas that they are learning to the outside world, creating a sense of real-world application for the students. This real-world learning is also more progressive with a larger amount of access to information the students will have through technology.

Ansley Cate Casper

2025-01-12 21:26:19 UTC

This article taught me that using technology in the classroom can ensure participation for students who may not typically raise their hand in class through a typed response.

Ansley Cate Casper

2025-01-12 21:28:20 UTC

One thing this article made me realize is that the use of technology in the classroom can interrupt lesson time and the flow of the classroom if there is any technical difficulties.

Ansley Cate Casper

2025-01-12 21:39:26 UTC

Liccy Arias Martinez

lariasma — 2025-01-12 21:58:10 UTC

Kendall Colleps

kcolleps — 2025-01-12 21:58:52 UTC

The article is very engaging and allows us to learn about the different reasons technology is helpful in the classroom setting. It allows students to explore many different topics as well as allows them to find new information on topics. Technology helps prepare students for future careers and allows them to build their skills when it comes to the digital world. Technology is beneficial and very important in the classroom.

Kendall Colleps

kcolleps — 2025-01-12 22:05:01 UTC

It can be hard to balance the use of technology in the classroom. It is important for a teacher to understand when it is appropriate and beneficial. Children are easily distracted at times and technology can cause them to lose focus on the lesson. Some students might not have the same access to technology as another student. This can make it hard for a student to keep up and understand the use of technology in the classroom.

Benifits and Challenges using Technology

shineskayla — 2025-01-12 22:05:46 UTC

Introduction

pcrozier3 — 2025-01-12 22:18:50 UTC

Janae Bridgeforth

2025-01-12 23:23:29 UTC

Despite the advances in technology that we've seen in the past 30 years, we should still be mindful that not all of our students will have the same accessibility to these technologies. The need for high bandwidth Internet and up-to-date processing systems play integral parts in the use of the technology we are trying to incorporate into our classrooms. "In addition to limited access to the internet, 19 percent of underserved students have only one device at home—a rate that is three times higher than it is for more privileged students." Having technology comes at a financial cost not all families can bear, being that some schools don't provide the technology. This makes more of an academic struggle for some students who can't help their situation. Learning becomes a thing of privilege and convenience when solely relying on technology.

Kendall Colleps video

kcolleps — 2025-01-13 00:54:15 UTC

Jasmin Cruz

jcruzaco — 2025-01-13 02:58:12 UTC

Janae Bridgeforth

2025-01-13 03:34:54 UTC

Hi there!

Kayla Shines

shineskayla — 2025-01-13 03:47:19 UTC

Challenges I have came across are all students not having the same internet access to be successful. Rather than making homework assignments for students online, it should be something they can handmake or write out so this can be assemble for every student.

Kayla Shines

shineskayla — 2025-01-13 03:50:46 UTC

As I read the article some benefits of technology in the classroom is keeping students responsible as some students are given laptops or small computers it teaches them the importance of keeping up with there things and to not damage items given to them.

Article Response

pcrozier3 — 2025-01-13 21:21:24 UTC

This article showed me pros and cons of having technology in the classroom. Some pros that stood out to me were how it easy easier for students to work on group projects outside of class. I think this is more helpful for the older elementary however it is still helpful to students who want to continue working outside of class. Which leads to another thing that this article talks about. It states that having technology help kids work at their own pace.-Peggy Crozier

Peggy Crozier

pcrozier3 — 2025-01-13 21:37:03 UTC

In this article I read about many reasons struggle having technology in the classroom. One of the main reasons that stuck out to me was because the devices aren't all charged. I think this could be solved very easily. It might be in the way but at the day just making sure all the devices are charged at the end of the day (if they are left at the school) or plan the technology time at the end of the day and in the morning check the battery percentage.

Joana Pineda

jpined18 — 2025-01-14 02:39:33 UTC

Kayliah Wise

2025-01-27 04:13:49 UTC

In this article, I learned that there are far more challenges in technology than just stubbornness. I always knew that the resistance to change" challenge existed, but this article exposed me to the fact that most failures come from using technology in the wrong way. In the article, challenge #6 is “failure to use technology to deliver effective formative assessments.” This highlights how technology can be used to promote growth in learning, but used incorrectly, it can also diminish growth in learning as well.

Kayliah Wise

2025-01-27 04:23:01 UTC

Andrea Wright

2025-02-02 18:15:05 UTC

Andrea Wright

2025-02-02 18:21:02 UTC

This article provided 10 reasons why technology should be used in the classroom. It states that technology can help prepare students for their future careers. Technology can also help connect with students of all learning styles and promote collaboration. In addition, technology provides another source of information: the internet. These are a few of the reasons that technology belongs in the classroom.

Andrea Wright

2025-02-02 18:28:51 UTC

This article explains how technology can negatively effect the classroom. It states that some teachers are not prepared for technology in the classroom, so their professional development is negatively affected. It also states that technology does not promote personalized learning. Regarding formative assessments, technology is not the most effective way to deliver these types of assessments. These are a few reasons as to why technology should not be in education.