Technology should be used to engage and enhance, not to distract and ignore. As somebody who identifies as neither Gen X nor Millenial, but rather someone caught in-between, I have a fascination with technology, but it is blended with an understanding that education can and does happen with pencil and paper, and that meaningful learning does not need to have a screen. My childhood classrooms had at most one computer, which was reserved primarily for those students who finished work early. I sympathize with teachers who remember the days of carbon copies, and who are frustrated by this technology infiltration. BUT.....I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE technology in the classroom! My students use technology almost every day in my classroom, and they do most of this with their phones. They listen to music on their phones. They use calculators (when appropriate). They watch instructional videos. They play a variety of educational games. They perform simulations. They create vid...
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