Some may argue that computers, video games and iPhones are harmful to students because it is eating away at their attention spans. Others may argue that technology is helpful because it allows for 24 hour access to the classroom. At the end of the day, technology is a tool. It only provides teachers with a more modern teaching method for students. In other words, you can productively use a screwdriver to tighten up some screws, or you can attempt to hit a nail into a piece of wood with it. In one situation the screwdriver is applied effectively making the task simple. In the other, it is not used correctly and the task becomes difficult, causing the intended results to not be achieved. This is important to realize because it might help teachers
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"Children 's sense of relatedness plays an important role in their academic motivation and performance. Students who reported the most positive levels of support from teachers demonstrated higher levels of effort, attention, and persistence" (Strahan & Kronenberg 78). In other words, students who felt teachers supported them tried harder to do well in school. The convenience of technology in the classroom means nothing if teachers don 't have confidence in their student 's ability. A teacher 's guidance and experience is significant to children. As a student, you wouldn 't think you can do well if your teacher doesn 't think you can. Why bother trying if you 'll do poorly even if you did try hard. According to this, technology is not the main issue. Rather, how a teacher interacts with a student is more …show more content…
What teachers claimed to see changing in students over the years is not necessarily negative, rather it’s just unfamiliar to old-fashioned teachers. Technology is beneficial in the sense that it gets kids engaged in each lesson more often than not. It also seems as if there are still more ways to positively integrate technology that have still not yet been done. Technology isn’t necessarily helping or hurting students. How effective it is depends on how the teacher’s use it to support their teaching style and lessons. If teacher’s can find a way to appropriately interact with students on a more personal level by using technology, their older teaching styles could benefit from that. That is because the stronger the bond is between a teacher and student the better that student will perform in
"Children 's sense of relatedness plays an important role in their academic motivation and performance. Students who reported the most positive levels of support from teachers demonstrated higher levels of effort, attention, and persistence" (Strahan & Kronenberg 78). In other words, students who felt teachers supported them tried harder to do well in school. The convenience of technology in the classroom means nothing if teachers don 't have confidence in their student 's ability. A teacher 's guidance and experience is significant to children. As a student, you wouldn 't think you can do well if your teacher doesn 't think you can. Why bother trying if you 'll do poorly even if you did try hard. According to this, technology is not the main issue. Rather, how a teacher interacts with a student is more …show more content…
What teachers claimed to see changing in students over the years is not necessarily negative, rather it’s just unfamiliar to old-fashioned teachers. Technology is beneficial in the sense that it gets kids engaged in each lesson more often than not. It also seems as if there are still more ways to positively integrate technology that have still not yet been done. Technology isn’t necessarily helping or hurting students. How effective it is depends on how the teacher’s use it to support their teaching style and lessons. If teacher’s can find a way to appropriately interact with students on a more personal level by using technology, their older teaching styles could benefit from that. That is because the stronger the bond is between a teacher and student the better that student will perform in