Communication

          Communication has been a main issue that we have discussed in class the past few weeks. Technology in the classroom as a whole is there for the main reason of getting learning materials to stick with students. It is simply another way of getting students engaged, working, and learning with what they are learning about. Technology should be consistently contributing to communication and never taking away from it. Unfortunately, in many current classrooms, technology does in fact take away from the learning experience.
           Texting for example, is a huge issue in many classrooms that takes away from the communication between teacher and student and the student's ability to learn. As a teacher, my goal would be to turn the students view of texting around and find a way to use it efficiently in the classroom. One way of this would be to have groups form for a game dealing with questions and let one student from each group text answers to me as the group comes up with them. This would turn texting from a bad thing in the classroom into something that promotes communication and helps everyone stay engaged and learning.
          Without finding ways to make technology promote communication instead of shutting it down, technology is useless in the classroom. As teachers, we must use technology, and use it properly, so that the students are constantly in communication with each other and us in order for them to learn the best they can.