Technology+Belief


 * Sydney Heaton **
 * Amberlee Shuler **
 * Tiffani Richins **
 * Letecia Franco **
 * Questions to Answer: **

1. Do you believe that computer technology should be used in the classroom? Why or why not? Yes we should include technology in some forms. If we don’t include technology in some way in the education system we aren’t keeping up with the rest of the world and the modern age we are heading towards. Where we draw the line, and how much technology should be implied into the curriculum and classroom is where things get fuzzy.

2. What are the benefits of using computer technology in the classroom? It breaks barriers, provides different teaching opportunities for students to engage in learning, enhances the classroom setting.

3. What are the drawbacks of using computer technology in the classroom? It has the potential to go overboard, and handicap us. We are so dependent on it anyways, should we further the dependency. It could be a distraction, and it is constantly changing.

4. What are your own personal barriers to using technology in the classroom? To not allow technology to replaces the basics of knowledge for the students, and so that they don’t rely on technology alone. To use technology as an aide not a staple.

5. What are two goals that you could work toward this semester to overcome those barriers? Teach and learn in traditional ways before you introduce a technological way. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Find postive ways to incorporate as an aide to teaching and learning.

Summary Technology improves learning and breaks barriers by giving students multiple ways of understanding a concept. media type="custom" key="12139852" width="240" height="240" align="center"