My name is Krysta Kelly and I am a sophomore at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. I am a Secondary Education Social Studies major. I originally started out as Business major and then switched to History, and then to Secondary Education Social Studies.
I believe that technology has many pros and cons when it comes to utilizing it when learning. One of the cons is that it has the ability to make some students lazy, for instance if the instructor posts their lecture notes online for the students, many students will risk becoming lazy because they feel they do not have to listen and take notes in class because they will be posted later. Another con is that because information from the classes can be posted online many students may not even attend class except for tests if attendance is not mandatory. Technology in learning does have some benefits and pros because the use of technology, like smart boards, laptops, and online systems like D2L, provide students, like myself, ways to further pursue the information taught in the classroom outside of it.
Teaching with technology I feel has many benefits today because the use of technology that is avaliable is giving educators new methods and ways to teach a subject and to make learning more enjoyable for their students. It also opens up more possibilities for potential assignments. People today, especially young people, are becoming more and more technology forward and technology has become a massive part of many people's everyday lives, so I feel that for education instiutions not to utilize something that has become so important to today's world would do more harm than not using technology in today's education system.
