The Effects of Technology on Classrooms and Students

http://www2.ed.gov/pubs/EdReformStudies/EdTech/effectsstudents.html

This article talks about how the student's and teacher's roles have changed.The students are now actively involved in learning and the teacher is no longer in the center of the room. She is now allowed to move around the classroom. It also discuss how technology can be good for students because it motivates them to want to do the work and boost their self- esteem. It increases peer work and allows for students to socialize doing the group activity. Along with many other things it increase the technical skills of children as young as elementary school and it has proven that they are now capable of handling more complex tasks. In my opinion all of these are well achieved and it has indeed improved our students in wanting to learn and come to school. 

What is software

Software is technology that tells the computer what to do (instructions): Example: Microsoft
Hardware are the parts of  the computer: Example: The keyboard
CPU stands for: Central Processing Unit ( it carries out instructions from motherboard. It is the brain)
RAM stands for: Random access memory (It is a form of computer data storage)
ROM stands for :Read only memory (Storage that cannot be modified)
A hard drive is used to store data
A server is a central processor that many devices can run off of. Example: Google

The Machine is Using Us

I found the following things interesting: title defines the content not the form, digital text is different from written text, form is separated from the content, a blog is born every half second, we are the web, the web is made from html (hypertext markup language) documents,we put in and organize the data, we are teaching the machine every time we search a web page.These things stood out because it is basically saying we are what is keep the web going. We gave it birth. We are the heart of the computer and it is changing so much that it is now a 2.0 version. I don't really have a question about the information because everything was going by so fast on the screen, but I do understand that technology is increasing and it will forever continue to change.

The Dirty and Dangerous Side of Tech

Before reading this article, I never knew that our technology devices had such a negative effect on the environment and the human body. I knew that there were some chemicals and elements in them, but I did not know that the danger was as serious as it is. I always assumed that the manufactures had guidelines to follow when making things and I thought that the government made rules and regulations to protect the environment and its people when in the work place. Apparently, the bar is not set very high for these companies. Another thing is that i did not know that when you send the phones back to the manufactures to be recycled that they only take out the good parts and just toss the rest in the trash. I know they throw them away, but I assumed that they had a process and was disposed of properly. What I can say is after reading this article I do plan to do my part and not buy electronics so often and to recycle them to a company that dispose of them properly.

Pay Attention

By incorporating technology into the classroom to keep the students interested and more engaged in learning will help me to become better teacher. It will also provide my students with an advantage of keeping up with technology and how to use it in today's changing/ growing world.

Kids are already using technology anyway so teachers and schools should get on board. Majority of the kids in school do not feel like they are learning any thing useful so bringing everyday technology into class to help them learn will increase positive feelings towards school. Phones and iPods are the big thing right now so we should use those to keep our students attention.

Yes, technology has a place in my classroom because this is the technology age. Kids are born into this age so I cannot expect them to learn the way I did. I will have to use the things that are interesting to them and involve the technology that is advancing today.

Te'O

It's Sad What People Will Do For Attention!! In the Ron Mckelvey story, I really believe that everything he did was unnecessary, simply because you do not have to be a certain age to go to college or tryout for the football team. He could have enrolled and tried out as himself and if he was good enough ( and apparently he was) he would have made the team. The fact that he was deceitful and desperate shows that some people will do just about anything to get attention and fulfill their own selfish desires. The Te'O story is just plain sad. He was so desperate for attention that he went through the trouble of making up a fake girlfriend and telling the public she died six hours after his grandmother. That was extremely dramatic talk about an attention seeker!! But lets say I did believe his story for a moment. How could he be so gullible at his age? I know that people are mislead all the time online, but how can you allow yourself to fall head over heels for a person you have never met. Another reason why I believe he made his "girlfriend" up is because he said they went to Hawaii. How can you say you went somewhere together and when the public find out she is not real you claim to have no knowledge of that. It's up to the people to decide what they think of other people, but it is up to the individual to present to people who they really are. In my opinion they both were attention seeking individuals who would lie to fulfill their needs.

About Me

My name is Britney Slack and I am from a small town in Mississippi called Centreville. I have a 7 month old son named Deveron Jr and he is my everything. I am a junior at the University of Southern Miss, where I am studying elementary education and special education. I transferred from Jackson State University last spring. I enjoying spending time with my family and friends. I have a dog named charlie who is very active. I'm a very easy person to get along with and I am looking forward to making new friends and creating new experiences in this class