Technology In Classroom Research

For the project I decided to research the topic of technology in the classroom. Since I was little I have always wanted to be a teacher and since then technology has evolved to something humans are surrounded by daily. Whether one is at home, shopping, at school, or at work technology plays a major role in the daily lives of people today. As a future teacher I want to know how to prepare the young children in my classroom for the technology of their daily life. I want to be able to incorporate technology into their learning and make learning something my students love to do. So many kids these days hate going to school; I want my students to look forward to coming to school. As I began to do my research I wanted to find some statistics to wrap my head around how technology plays a role in parent’s and teacher’s lives. Working in child care I have found that so many of these young children (under the age of 5) know how to use smartphones and that blows my mind. Therefore these children expect to be entertained by this kind of technology everywhere they go. That is why I chose to do research on the technology tools I have available to use in my future classroom. In my project I have included technologies I can use with parents, with students in elementary school, and …show more content…
I found out the using technology captures the attention of your students and the students are more driven to think more critically. I think this is because the students are excited to learn and think learning is fun due to the innovation of technology. My hopes as a future teacher are to have students who are ready to learn, have fun at school, and are able to retain what they have learned. I hope my students go home excited to tell their parents what they have learned and I believe with the continuous evolution of technology this is