The Past, The Present, What Could Lie Ahead

A long time ago man created fire and the wheel… No that’s not how far back we’re going to go but in all reality technology is no new thing. In the classroom however, technology is booming. A long time ago, you know when we were in like elementary school, technology was hardly being strongly introduced into classrooms. We talked about in EDTEC470 about when _____ & _____ were in office. Back then it was simply a suggestion to have technology in the classroom and that it “could” possibly help students learn. Later on about 5-7 years later they came out and strongly suggested using technology in the classroom. It was not a requitement just yet but at that point schools began getting extra funding for specific things they were doing and technology in classroom. In today’s day in age, it’s simply silly to not use technology in the classroom. If you don’t you’re going to fall behind in the world. That’s what a lot of people think. More technology… More More More! however, we’re not all that lucky. We see or maybe more likely (I’ve only seen) schools that do have the money for technology but if the government gives money to schools (for technology) but they don’t have the basics yet, they will use it on their basic needs first instead of technology. Whereas the wealthier schools will use it for bigger and better technology and in turn get even more money for using the technology the money granted them. This is just another way the poor stay poor and the rich get richer. We must stay grounded in this way. One more thing we must look at for the future is using to much education. We cannot simply rely on technology as much as we are beginning to because then we will no longer have any education. Just a forewarning!!