EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY
When one thinks about technology, usually the first thing that pops into someone’s mind is the use of technology within education. Since the “technology age” was born about 20 years ago, many students, especially in elementary and middle school, have grown with such great technology over the course of their lifetime. Many even say that the younger generation was born with technology in their hands. By default, many schools needed to incorporate technology into the everyday class. Maria Clemmitt, a published author who wrote the article “Digital Education”, says, “Digital technology is becoming increasingly a commonplace is K-12 education” (Clemmitt). Clemmitt, like many schools, feel as though technology is becoming so important in school, since it is able to get students interested in the subject material.
Yet, there appears to be a major flaw when it comes to technology involvement in the classroom. Some feel as though the students will become so interested by the technology, that the students will find no use with the teachers, thus resulting in technology replacing teachers. James Lerman, the Progressive Science Initiative at Kean University, says, “I teach a class for aspiring school administrators, and the first thing I tell them is that the schools you are in today are not the schools you are going to be leading. What happened to the music industry and the publishing industry? [This] is just beginning to happen to schools,” (Clemmitt). With the growing advancement in technology many feel as though technology will take over all of society, as we know it, just like in the education system.
When one thinks about technology, usually the first thing that pops into someone’s mind is the use of technology within education. Since the “technology age” was born about 20 years ago, many students, especially in elementary and middle school, have grown with such great technology over the course of their lifetime. Many even say that the younger generation was born with technology in their hands. By default, many schools needed to incorporate technology into the everyday class. Maria Clemmitt, a published author who wrote the article “Digital Education”, says, “Digital technology is becoming increasingly a commonplace is K-12 education” (Clemmitt). Clemmitt, like many schools, feel as though technology is becoming so important in school, since it is able to get students interested in the subject material.
Yet, there appears to be a major flaw when it comes to technology involvement in the classroom. Some feel as though the students will become so interested by the technology, that the students will find no use with the teachers, thus resulting in technology replacing teachers. James Lerman, the Progressive Science Initiative at Kean University, says, “I teach a class for aspiring school administrators, and the first thing I tell them is that the schools you are in today are not the schools you are going to be leading. What happened to the music industry and the publishing industry? [This] is just beginning to happen to schools,” (Clemmitt). With the growing advancement in technology many feel as though technology will take over all of society, as we know it, just like in the education system.