Chapter 1

Three new things I learned from chapter one of our text are:
1) There are a few different societal changes which affect a teacher's use of technology in the classroom.  They include economic conditions, anti-technology positions, and the impact of No Child Left Behind.

2) Technology can be used to illustrate connections between what they are learning in the classroom and some real-world situations.

3) The term digital divide refers to the differences between the availability of technology to students of different socioeconomic statuses.  Some students may not have access to a computer at home and I will have to take this into account in my future classroom.

One connection I made between this chapter and teaching are that technology can never replace a teacher.  Therefore, bad teaching cannot be covered up with the excessive use of technology in one's classroom.  The second connection I made is that I can use technology as a way to engage my students in the classroom.  If students can walk away from a lesson encouraged and inspired to do something, then I will certainly try to use technology to do this.

Question: What are some ways that technology can be used ineffectively in the classroom? This chapter of the book mostly focused on the positivity of technology in the classroom. But what are some negative things about it?