Social Justice/Technology

I believe that students now have access to technology almost everywhere they go. If a student does not have access to a computer or the internet at home, then they can find internet access at a library or community center. Not having a computer at home is no excuse for never learning how to use technology.

Teachers should still be able to implement the use of technology in the classroom and teach their students how to use technology even if those students do not have internet access at home. A teacher would definitely be doing students a disservice if they did not use technology because of access issues for a few students. There are so many ways to enhance learning through technology that it would be to everyone’s disadvantage to fail to implement it during instruction.

Students should learn how to use power point to enhance their presentations. There are many different uses for power point presentations and students will most likely find themselves faced with using it at some point in their careers. There are also many different applications for Excel. Students will need to display data and quickly make formulas to generate new data. It would be excellent if the classes they took in high school built on each other so that students could use the skills they learn in computer classes while they are taking a science or history class.

One of the articles talked about the importance of using technology to promote higher learning. I agree that computers can and should be used to teach higher learning. Students should be able to analyze data and come to their own unique syntheses of information while using technology. I think that the teacher should carefully monitor students’ time on computers so that students are actually using the computers to learn the material.

Students who are disadvantaged in regards to access to technology, should be allowed time to use computers while at school. As the teacher, I would make sure that students know where their local library is and inform them that they can ask a reference librarian for help. I would also make sure that I took some class time to show students how to conduct research on computers and make presentations.