In today’s age technology is booming in our society. Specifically, with the younger generation, it seems like children are becoming more “tech savvy” even at a young age. These children are basically born with technology in their hands, so it is natural that the world of technology is being intergraded into the educational world. Technology started its journey into the educational world in the 1980’s, so this idea is not a new one, but something that has been around for awhile. We have been trying to incorporate technology for over thirty years, but now it is becoming more of a necessity. School systems are having to incorporate technology to fit in with the growing and changing times. At this point, back in 1980, researchers could not even
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At the beginning there were only desktops maybe in the classrooms but most likely in the media center, or library. After the desktops were incorporated next came the overhead projectors that replaced the very only transparency system. this revolutionized how teachers did their lesson plans. They were now able to create PowerPoints and keep the students engaged with different videos or pictures. Next most recently, schools have moved from those desktops to something a little more portable, devices such as tablets or laptop computers. These types of technology are being used right in the classroom and there is no need for students to be walking to and from the library. Teachers can send out the PowerPoints right to the students and notes can be taken right on their pieces of technology. Because these devices are more portable it enables the children to take them with them where ever the go. According to the USDOE, “an infrastructure for learning is necessary to support a learning society in which learning in lifelong and lifewide.” The basis of this infrastructure is to make sure that all students and teachers have access to technology for learning. Technology has even been incorporated into the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001, according to Nearin Bakir in “Technology and Teacher Education: A Brief Glimpse of the Research and Practice that Have Shaped the Field” in Association for Educational Communications and Technology 2016 (23). “NCLB included specific technology mandates, recommending that by the end of the eighth grade, all students should be technology literate.” (Bakir 2016). This means that all students should know their way around a computer, how can they do that if technology is not being used in the classrooms? This is very important because with technology booming the chances of finding a job that does not deal with technology is going to be
At the beginning there were only desktops maybe in the classrooms but most likely in the media center, or library. After the desktops were incorporated next came the overhead projectors that replaced the very only transparency system. this revolutionized how teachers did their lesson plans. They were now able to create PowerPoints and keep the students engaged with different videos or pictures. Next most recently, schools have moved from those desktops to something a little more portable, devices such as tablets or laptop computers. These types of technology are being used right in the classroom and there is no need for students to be walking to and from the library. Teachers can send out the PowerPoints right to the students and notes can be taken right on their pieces of technology. Because these devices are more portable it enables the children to take them with them where ever the go. According to the USDOE, “an infrastructure for learning is necessary to support a learning society in which learning in lifelong and lifewide.” The basis of this infrastructure is to make sure that all students and teachers have access to technology for learning. Technology has even been incorporated into the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001, according to Nearin Bakir in “Technology and Teacher Education: A Brief Glimpse of the Research and Practice that Have Shaped the Field” in Association for Educational Communications and Technology 2016 (23). “NCLB included specific technology mandates, recommending that by the end of the eighth grade, all students should be technology literate.” (Bakir 2016). This means that all students should know their way around a computer, how can they do that if technology is not being used in the classrooms? This is very important because with technology booming the chances of finding a job that does not deal with technology is going to be