Technology is
having as significant an influence on education as it is on society in general.
Consider the legal, social, and ethical issues arising from the implementation
of current and emerging technology in schools. What three issues do you think
are the most critical to teachers? Explain each issue, and justify your
selection of them as the most critical issues.
I think there are many issues with implementing technology in the classroom. I think the three most critical to teachers are money or funds, awareness, and acceptable use. Funds will always be an issue with technology. Implementing different types of technology in a classroom cost a lot of money. Depending on what area you teach in or the school you are at, they may or may not have they money to buy different resources. This is an issue because technology has become a big part of how the upcoming generation learns and teachers are always having to adapt to how their students learn. Awareness is another issue because I feel like teachers are not aware of the issues or even aware of how to use the newest technology. For example, my cooperating teacher has a smart board in her classroom, but I have yet to see her use it because she is unfamiliar with the software. Personally, I did not realize how many issues were out there dealing with technology and I think that is something that teachers should be knowledgable of. Another issue is acceptable use and this falls into legal issues. Most schools do have a filtering software that denies access to many unacceptable websites, but how do we know for sure that the websites are being blocked or that the students have not found a way to go around it. As teachers, we should educate our students on appropriate use because we cannot always monitor them when they are using a computer, ipads, or other technology devices.
Katey, I completely agree with the fact that teachers are unaware. Dr. Smajic mentioned to me after my observe lesson that I should incorporate more technology in my lessons. There are so many things out there and I am unaware of the different resources available to us as well as unaware of how to use them. However, I do think it is important to make students aware of the different types of technology as well. That is going to be a challenge for us, as future educators.
ReplyDeleteI also agree about acceptable use. Students need to know how there are laws and the sites that have been blocked were blocked for a reason.
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