But, what is technology?

Almost everything we utilize in today’s classroom is a result of some innovation of technology. Even antiquated innovations that we scarcely pay any mind to today, such as the time-tested pencil, were once a revolution that humans feared. Today, these new developments manifest themselves in forms of digitization. Mobile computers, cell phones, applications and smartboards are all new and diverse ways to relay information to the student and take the institution of learned to quite new heights.

The computer can be applied to learning in many different ways. Blogs, as a collection of personal thoughts and writing, are a superior way to keep up with current events and express ideas (Admin). Websites can contain not only personal information, but facts about a study or project and can help with a presentation. Smartboards allow for classes to relay and make changes to information in a quick and organized manner. And now, school boards often allot a portion of their budget to a computer lab and subsequent computer classes, recognizing the element that these technologies bring to their schools.

Given that many of these technologies can be fashioned using free domains, bulks of these technologies are used for personal means, but these can easily be translated for application in the classroom. A few, straightforward changes can show students, in a more personalized manner, how the information can be applied to them and their interests as well as providing a more interactive way of learning. Simply altering the color scheme or the layout of the graphics can change a rudimentary website into an asset for higher learning (McCloud, page 87).

Since young adults have always had a fixation with new technologies, the introduction of these facilities into the classroom will all but captivate their minds and facilitate their imaginations and create a less obtrusive learning environment. Technology does have, and always had, a place in our classrooms.

To learn more, visit these websites:

http://www.good.is/post/why-youtube-videos-will-never-replace-teachers
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http://www.whatdoesblogstandfor.com/
http://www.usnews.com/education/technology-in-the-classroom