Rethinking Education In the Age of Technology (Ch. 3)

The Technology Skeptic's Arguement:

Chapter 3 began with a list of struggles educators have had with technology since as early as 1815! I thought this was a very interesting introduction to the chapter because it opened my eyes to just how long schools have been struggling with adapting to technology. Some of the examples listed were things that today we might not even think of as technology. One of the examples I thought was particularly ironic was the one which dealt with ball point pens. The person stated that ball point pens would not go on and were a waste. I thought this was funny because we use ball point pens nearly everyday now. The chapter went on to explain some of the other arguements technology skeptic's have. One of the quotes from the chapter stated that we've already learned everything we needed to know in kindergarten, so why learn more. I think this relates to technology because some people use the arguement that we already know everything we need to know to teach, so why try to complicate things with technology. For example, teachers taught in schools for 100's of years without using the kinds of technology such as computers, blogs, smartboards, etc, so some think we should continue teaching the way we always have. Even after reading this chapter I would have to disagree with the technology skeptic's arguement. Although, I do think some things should stay the same (learning how to write with a pen or pencil and reading out of actual books) I also think it's essential to student's learning to incorporate technology. In today's society, techonlogy is everywhere so even if it may take some time and hard work to incorporate techonlogy into lessons it's important for students' future to learn how to use it.