One major difference between my schooling experience and what is available in classrooms today is the technology used on a daily basis. The days of the overhead projector are gone. Many schools have digital projectors in each classroom. This is great news for me, as I hope to be a Media Literacy teacher. I would used the computer and projector daily to show students videos and clips from movies, television and advertisements. Without this new technology in the classroom, these lessons would not be possible.
However, not all school districts have the resources needed to have this technology in the classroom. I'm curious to hear from my fellow students: if a school district had to choose between using a certain amount of funding for installing projectors in the classroom OR funding a more robust physical education program, what choice would you make and why?
It seems like the United States is counting on technology to revive student performances Stateside. The Department of Education is giving more than $7 million this year (up from $300,000 last year) to fund tech-based learning programs, Bill and Melinda Gates donated $20 million recently to incite a "tech revolution in education" and tech companies have begun teaming up with school districts to open tech savvy high schools in Philadelphia and New York.
ReplyDeleteTechnology indisputably creates opportunities for students around the world, including South Koreans who learn English from lifelike robots.