Exploratory Essay

Computers Are the New Version Text Books: School Classrooms will likely look more like computer labs in upcoming years According to the National Center for Educational Statistics “ In 2013, 71 percent of the U.S. population age 3 and over used the Internet (chapter 7). This is an interesting statistic as over the years since the invention of the internet there has been exponential growth among the people using it. More interestingly however, is the idea that since the internet was created the age of it users have continued to go down to the young age of three therefore, many of these same people are of the age of the first years of formal education. Therefore, in today’s modern society technology is required for proper development in

According to "Examining some Assumptions and Limitations of Research on the Effects of Emerging Technologies for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education" in the British Journal of Educational Technology by Adrian Kirkwood and India Price “ As new technologies emerge and enter into higher education, we must continue to appraise their educational value” (536). In other words with the introduction of new types of technological resources each has to be examined and analyzed in order to determine whether they will be useful in the field of education. Furthermore, the article goes on to claim that “ Researchers” appraisal methods are underpinned by assumptions about the technology and more significantly about teaching and learning itself “ (Kirkwood and Price 536). A more easily understood version of this would be that due to researches having predisposition assumptions of the technologies they are unable to correctly analyze or test the educational effectiveness of the new

With both sources making arguments for the use of technology in computers in classrooms it becomes hard to believe that an education can occur in this society where technology is everywhere among all ages. Furthermore, the consideration of the bias on technology being that there is an incorrect view that does not allow for the actual effectiveness of these technologies creates a barrier from the a more intensive use of technology in education. As this more intensive inclusion would allow for a complete preparedness of students who will be in the modern society's job markets in the upcoming years. Consequently many people are using technology outside of the classroom for a educational basis to bridge the gap between a formal education and what is required of modern society. Ultimately in my experience along with the data provided by the other researchers technology is everything in education and the stigma of the loss of manual learning as in handwriting work, the use of paper textbooks, etc. has to be disregarded for the correct development of students in the United