Top 7 Ways Technology Stifles Student Learning in My Classroom
As a middle school teacher, I have real concerns about the ways technology is used in the classroom and the effects it’s having on students.
The fact that you are reading this article on a blog – a regularly updated Website containing personal writings or a weB–LOG) should prove that point.
I use technology in my everyday life and in many ways find it indispensable.
However, that does not mean I embrace all uses of technology just as criticizing some forms does not mean I think we should get rid of them all.
But after 17 years of teaching, I have legitimate concerns about what all this technology is doing to our students and our schools.
I have seen technologies come and go. Some – like a computerized grade book – have been extremely helpful, and I would not want to have to do my job without them.
Others have fallen by the wayside, been discontinued or proven a waste of time or even worse – they’ve become impediments rather than assistants to student learning.
In general, I think we have become too reliant on technology in schools. We’ve welcomed and incorporated it without testing it, or even reflecting upon whether it CONTINUE READING: Top 7 Ways Technology Stifles Student Learning in My Classroom | gadflyonthewallblog
