Tuesday, April 3, 2012

The Technology skeptics’ Argument


“It is not that schools never change. It’s that schools change very slowly”

Through my reading and tracing to the history of technology at the beginning of the chapter, I noticed that educators always feel unease to use modern technologies in their classrooms .They always complained about the struggle of their students in using them. We as educators can’t deny the revolution and change that happened in our classes’ cues of technology and its impact. However, depending on technology in teaching has many limitations and boundaries, as in my country we can’t afford enough computers to our students and we also don’t have a trained teachers who can help students to carry on their learning with the help of different kinds of technologies. On the other hand, what I have noticed here in Harrisonburg is there is sort of over-use of technology in some classes which automatically minimize the role of the teacher. The question here is can technology function better than human interaction? I believe that a good teacher can’t be replaced by technology .But with the help of technology he can make learning interesting an effective experience to his students. Another advantage of it is make students responsible for their own learning and be

 active member in the learning process. Learners will be producers rather than receivers