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Why Technology should be included in the classroom—Seth Taylor

People, especially (most) older teachers, don’t like the idea of changing up the educational system. The idea that is changing is technology. Technology is becoming more advanced and the traditional ways of teaching are either becoming outdated or easier to do. Traditional ways are becoming more technological.

While traditional teaching still works, it doesn’t have all the abilities that technology can have on a classroom, nor can it compete with all the opportunities that technology has to offer. Technology has the ability to differentiate further than traditional teaching does. A piece of technology that does this well is the iPad. The iPad has programs on it that can help an array of problems. An example of this is a story from my dad. My dad was a middle school principal a while ago, and he told me some stories of what the iPad did for children who were vision impaired. The font of an iPad can be changed so that the font is big enough for those with hearing impaired to see it. This could not happen with just a book; books are one font only. If the student cannot see the text, then a way of learning is lost. Technology makes up for the item that could have been lost, and makes it so it isn’t.

Technology also can provide education to those who, as Professor Kipp said, “school doesn’t work for.” If, for some reason, school isn’t fit for a student and it isn’t a suitable environment for learning to take place. These students can still learn without having to be in the school itself. These students can still get all the education that they are required to get at their own speed. These students cannot only collaborate ideas together, but they also can collaborate with ideas all across the world. This can enhance the learning, by way of comparison, due to the process being all across the globe.

Those are but two examples that technology can help with the educational process. There are more ways than these that technology can help and make tasks easier for a teacher to teach. When technology is used correctly, it can make the process of teaching more enjoyable and less of a chore. When technology is used correctly, the student has the ability to learn more.