10 Reasons Today's Students NEED Technology in the Classroom

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Why do students today NEED technology in the classroom?  Well to put it simply, they will miss out on many opportunities without it.  The problem is, some schools are very limited on what they can provide for their students, whether it's funding for computers or tablets, or access to WiFi.  Another problem is that some administrators and teachers are very much "old school" and don't believe that technology is needed in order for students to learn.  Although this is a true statement, what these people need to realize is that many of today's students have been using tablets and mobile devices since they could crawl.  It would be unreasonable to assume that they would not be able to thrive with the technology they have available. 

By giving students technology, you open a whole new realm of teaching!  Will it be different than the way you and I learned in school?  Absolutely!!  I can't even imagine what the world would be like today had we grown up with all of this information at our finger tips!  We have only just begun on the journey.  Technology is still very new and there is still so much that we don't know.  What we can do as educators is to guide them on how to use this technology safely and prepare them for the digital age.  For myself personally, it will mean learning right along with them.........and most likely, having my students teach me a thing or two, because let's face it, they have probably taught themselves how to do most everything anyway, right?

This article is 100% correct.  Children NEED technology in the classroom.  Whether today's society wants to accept it or not.  Technology is here and it's available.  Information is one click away, right at your finger tips.  Why make what used to take hours of us searching through microfish, or library cards to find what we need to write a paper?  Ok, maybe that's taking it a bit too far, but for these kids making them learn the same way we did, may not always be the best way and it's certainly not the quickest.  Technology not only gives us multiple ways to teach, but it also saves a lot of time.