Whether or not technology is going to help a student achieve a better more efficient education is completely relative to the teachers skills with technology. For example: a teacher could teach his/her students how to use technology for further education and could set up the school computers so that they are a good learning environment with fewer distractions and problems/errors during the learning/working process. A teacher should not however over-use technology in the classroom/lab, technology can be very usefull to a certain point, but when the teacher is showing simple things on a projector that he/she could just tell the class easily that is a waste of time. Just as making a student create a slideshow about every single thing they do is a comlete waste of time.
I think that technology should be used in the classroom for things the REQUIRE it and for students that need to learn graphically (if the teacher cannot show the information be other methods graphically). Technology is extremely usefull when not abused/used when not needed. Also if a teacher is trying to use technology and teach with it, then they should actually know how to use it! Otherwise the technology/teacher could actually hinder the learning process. If a school is making the decision to go with more technology filled classrooms, learning areas, and teaching methods then they should fully train their entire staff with the technology in use.
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Whether or not technology is going to help a student achieve a better more efficient education is completely relative to the teachers skills with technology. For example: a teacher could teach his/her students how to use technology for further education and could set up the school computers so that they are a good learning environment with fewer distractions and problems/errors during the learning/working process. A teacher should not however over-use technology in the classroom/lab, technology can be very usefull to a certain point, but when the teacher is showing simple things on a projector that he/she could just tell the class easily that is a waste of time. Just as making a student create a slideshow about every single thing they do is a comlete waste of time. I think that technology should be used in the classroom for things the REQUIRE it and for students that need to learn graphically (if the teacher cannot show the information be other methods graphically). Technology is extremely usefull when not abused/used when not needed. Also if a teacher is trying to use technology and teach with it, then they should actually know how to use it! Otherwise the technology/teacher could actually hinder the learning process. If a school is making the decision to go with more technology filled classrooms, learning areas, and teaching methods then they should fully train their entire staff with the technology in use.