According to Dr. Hollenbeck at Indiana University Southeast, technology positively affects minority students by increasing creativity, innovation, and problem solving (Hollenbeck. Hollenbeck). By improving these skills, minorities’ performance in the classroom improves because learn to think in new ways. It also helps minorities gain acceptance and improve self-esteem due to the positive environment to which they feel like they can contribute (Hollenbeck. Hollenbeck). Technology would also allow students to work at a slower or faster pace and allowing students to fully understand the material (Hollenbeck. Hollenbeck). However, according to Dr. Jim Taylor, a psychologist, text-only presentations resulted in better recall, understanding, and learning. And reading also developed skills such as critical thinking, problem solving and vocabulary (Taylor). Having technology would then hinder their academic skills due to lessened literacy skills which are frequently used. Also, technology has also been shown to change the wiring of children’s brains (DeLoatch); however, this is not necessarily a bad thing even though many see it as one. For example, internet search engines have caused students to become more skilled at remembering where to find information then remembering the information. But in today’s society, which is becoming even more technology based, the population is becoming more like this. Technology would give low-income and ethnic minority students individual skills that would help them prosper in the classroom and in daily life; however their literacy skills would be best developed using traditional learning. A blended learning system would allow for students to receive the individual benefits such as confidence and creativity while also improving their literacy and reading
According to Dr. Hollenbeck at Indiana University Southeast, technology positively affects minority students by increasing creativity, innovation, and problem solving (Hollenbeck. Hollenbeck). By improving these skills, minorities’ performance in the classroom improves because learn to think in new ways. It also helps minorities gain acceptance and improve self-esteem due to the positive environment to which they feel like they can contribute (Hollenbeck. Hollenbeck). Technology would also allow students to work at a slower or faster pace and allowing students to fully understand the material (Hollenbeck. Hollenbeck). However, according to Dr. Jim Taylor, a psychologist, text-only presentations resulted in better recall, understanding, and learning. And reading also developed skills such as critical thinking, problem solving and vocabulary (Taylor). Having technology would then hinder their academic skills due to lessened literacy skills which are frequently used. Also, technology has also been shown to change the wiring of children’s brains (DeLoatch); however, this is not necessarily a bad thing even though many see it as one. For example, internet search engines have caused students to become more skilled at remembering where to find information then remembering the information. But in today’s society, which is becoming even more technology based, the population is becoming more like this. Technology would give low-income and ethnic minority students individual skills that would help them prosper in the classroom and in daily life; however their literacy skills would be best developed using traditional learning. A blended learning system would allow for students to receive the individual benefits such as confidence and creativity while also improving their literacy and reading