Chapter 5

Chapter 5 is all about technology in schools. I really enjoyed the videos posted in the textbook on this section. Seeing the history of classrooms in reference to technology was very interesting. Many aspects of classrooms have changed: chalk slates, chalk boards, white boards, and smart boards. Even though many aspects have changed, the orientation of the classroom, with desks in rows, the teacher's desk near the front, a giant white board or chalk board in the front are all the same throughout American schooling history. Its weird to think how much technology has changed and how much research has been done on how students learn, yet the classroom settings are very similar to how they were in the beginning. I think utilizing as much technology items in a classroom as possible is best for my students because no matter what job they are looking into once they graduate, they will have to know how to use the various methods of technology.