Can technology integration benefit everyone?
As I have mentioned in rest of my posts earlier there are lot of benefits to technology integration in school. Instead of repeating the points I had mentioned earlier I would like to write this post addressing how technology integration cannot benefit all the time.
Cell phones and other mobile devices when used in class:
As much as these devices are easy to carry and use, there are lot of cons to this. Using these devices in classroom is a huge management challenge for teachers. As much as students are eager enough to use technology, when used for educational purposes it is still hard on teachers part to make everyone involved in the process. Issues like students misusing these devices will be a common occurrence and it becomes the responsibility of teachers to bring them back on track during valuable class time.
Use of social media like twitter, google+ etc:
Again, when students are allowed to use these social networks in classrooms via computers, we should keep a constant check on them and make sure there are not using these networks for personal purposes.
Parents not knowing how to use technology and those who don't have access to technology:
Even today there are large number of parents who either don't have internet access or who do not know how to use these technology tools when provided to them. In these cases even if technology integration is provided the parents cannot make use of it.
Special education and ELL students:
There are lot of students who need specific support and guidelines to use these technology and its tools. Students who are immigrants cannot be expected to know to use these tech tools in the best manner.
Thus I would like to conclude by stating that though technology integration in education is useful in lot of ways , at the same time there are other avenues we need to evaluate before we can start implementing them in our schools.
As I have mentioned in rest of my posts earlier there are lot of benefits to technology integration in school. Instead of repeating the points I had mentioned earlier I would like to write this post addressing how technology integration cannot benefit all the time.
Cell phones and other mobile devices when used in class:
As much as these devices are easy to carry and use, there are lot of cons to this. Using these devices in classroom is a huge management challenge for teachers. As much as students are eager enough to use technology, when used for educational purposes it is still hard on teachers part to make everyone involved in the process. Issues like students misusing these devices will be a common occurrence and it becomes the responsibility of teachers to bring them back on track during valuable class time.
Use of social media like twitter, google+ etc:
Again, when students are allowed to use these social networks in classrooms via computers, we should keep a constant check on them and make sure there are not using these networks for personal purposes.
Parents not knowing how to use technology and those who don't have access to technology:
Even today there are large number of parents who either don't have internet access or who do not know how to use these technology tools when provided to them. In these cases even if technology integration is provided the parents cannot make use of it.
Special education and ELL students:
There are lot of students who need specific support and guidelines to use these technology and its tools. Students who are immigrants cannot be expected to know to use these tech tools in the best manner.
Thus I would like to conclude by stating that though technology integration in education is useful in lot of ways , at the same time there are other avenues we need to evaluate before we can start implementing them in our schools.
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