Technology in the classroom.

Technology in the classroom is something that gets a little tricky. When teachers use too much technology, students seem to get unmotivated and lessons just turn into lectures. I think that using power points have their advantages and disadvantages. In one of my classes this year, one of my teacher uses a power point to go over all the notes. Normally, I wouldn't like that because when teachers do that all I do is copy and not look at what I'm actually writing down. The way that she makes it better is by having us fill in things. So instead of just handing out a ditto or having us copy everything, she gives us the best of both worlds. I think that technology needs to be integrated into the classroom because its a huge part of everyones lives now, no matter what job you have. I don't think that cell phones and ipods and things like that are appropriate for the classroom, even though I know that I'm a student who is on her cellphone during class. I think that technology should be used in fun ways like to make reports, educational games, group projects and things like that. Another thing that I like in the classroom is when we watch videos and mini clips. I see a lot of my teachers now using youtube clips and showing us portions of videos. I think that things like that are a good use of technology as long as what your showing has value to what your trying to teach.