Blog Post 4

Teaching without technology

If educational technology was phased out of the classroom, I think cyber bullying would still be prominent. Since technology has such a large impact on our and children's social lives. Although if after a few years of technology phasing out, the younger children would have less exposure to technology, thus not as prone to use technology until they need to and are older. I think children would gain an understanding of more material without relying on technology in the classroom to get quick and easy access to information. Children would learn how to use a dictionary, the Dewey decimal system, cursive, math facts (without calculators) and several other skills most generations before them have learned. But on the other hand they would also lose valuable information and resources that the integrate their learning style to benefit specific students. Also children would have less time mastering keyboarding by practice, learning how to use programs and researching/using the internet to benefit them in an educational manner. I think if we phased technology out of schools, children with a lot of exposure to technology will be shocked into learning the "old school" way of doing things and could possibly cause some to rebel in the classroom because they can't adapt to classrooms without technology.