Prompt #3

I think it is important to use technology as much as possible for the current generation of students.  Access to information is so much easier than it use to be, and students no longer need to go to the library to find anything.  I think that many teachers try to avoid technology as much as possible with today's students.  They try to ban cellphones and try to preach to students that they should use Facebook, video games, and other technologies less.  They might even suggest they spend more time reading.  While I do not disagree with the importance of reading, I do not believe this is the correct approach with today's students.  Many teachers do not see (or refuse to see) the potential learning opportunities that technology can be used for with today's students.  Reading the news articles, sports stories, or movie reviews might not be the same as reading a scholastic novel, but it is still reading.  Playing games and using online media can be used for many activities to help students learn.  It has been proven that people learn better when they are having fun.  Technology is fun to current students, but some teachers view it as a distraction.  When a teacher is not using it within their lessons, it will be a distraction.  No student is going to want to learn a boring subject over using the cool new technology.  Instead teachers should integrate the boring lesson into a fun application of technology so students will learn while having fun and not being distracted.  It is important to use technology often, but it should not be the only means of teaching.  Students learn differently and need to be versatile in today's world as they grow.  Teachers should use many different methods, including technology.  Most importantly, be flexible and able to adjust.  Technology is always changing just like the field of education.  Students are what is most important in education, and teachers need to always be trying to make education more productive and more efficient for them.