Week 3: Assignment 1

The main theme that was conveyed in all three articles was that technology is changing extremely fast and will continue to change, and teachers and students need to be able to keep up with it. Instruction in the classroom has almost made the complete turn to technology. If not all, most  classrooms have some sort of technological aspect of learning going on and its up to the teachers to instruct their students the right way to do it. This may be a challenge for the teachers that have been in the field for quite some time and are used to paper, books etc. However, it is extremely important that all teachers get on board with teaching technology and new literacies in the classroom because this is the only way to fully prepare students for their futures. Not only teachers have to be on board with this, but the school district as well. The districts must be able to provide teachers with tools for different media outlets to run properly. Technology in the classroom definitely comes with its challenges, but I think all in all it is a major benefit to the overall engagement of a lesson. One thing that really stood out to me in the Barone and Wright article was the statement that with technology in the classroom comes greater engagement and with greater engagement comes higher student achievement. I feel this statement has definitely proved to be true.