Classroom Technology

I love the idea of bringing technology into the classroom, but I think the classroom of the future in the video is a little to cluttered and has too much going on. I almost feel like we are encouraging students to be a little too hap-hazard. The video talks about a teacher circulating the room to oversee the completion of tasks, basically making a teacher more of a babysitter in my opinion. All of the technology is great but it seems to me that at some point it will take the personality out of the classroom. Not every student learns the same way, but in this case we are forcing them into a mold that not all will be comfortable in and furthermore we are forcing teachers into a mold that may not be comfortable.

Different teaching styles is generally what makes a day exciting in the high school setting, how are we going to reach students or keep them from getting bored when they are being told to do the same things every day in every class. Personality and style have got to be just as important to a teacher as they are to anyone else. Technology is great, but too much of anything can be bad for you, we need to have a balance to make sure we are reaching everyone at some point.