Does Technology Belong in the Classroom?
Hello everyone! My name is Gabriela Colmenares and I am currently a fourth year student at California State University, Northridge. I am majoring in English Subject Matter, with a minor in Child and Adolescent Development. I am working towards becoming a high school English teacher. I love to read, listen to music, go to concerts, and binge watch shows in my free time. Now, let's take a look at whether or not technology belongs in the classroom. There has been a rapid rise of technology in the classroom in the past few years, with every student receiving their own laptops and teachers a big screen to use in place of white boards. Although it is great that students are receiving laptops because most of them do not have access to them at home, it is important to limit the use of technology in the classroom. Laptops serve as excellent resources for research assignments, but students oftentimes begin to rely on the internet to do the work for them, especially now with the rise o...