Technology in Education: A Blessing and a Curse
I have said from the beginning of my teaching career in 2013, as I gained experience with having access (though very limited, at the time) to Chromebooks in my classroom that it was both a blessing and a curse. According to American Universities, School of Education, “many of today’s high-demand jobs were created in the last decade,” (see link below). I would argue that most of these high-demand jobs have something to do with technology. It should be a schools job to teach students how to be responsible users of that technology. There are many tools teachers can use to incorporate technology on the classroom, ranging from videos, textbooks, the Google arsenal of tools, learning management systems, robots, artificial intelligence. When taught and used responsibly these tools can greatly improve engagement and “more inclusive learning environments,” (American University). I really like this line from American University “The promise of educational techno...