I found the article "5 K-12 Technology Trends for 2010" by Bridget McCrea to be particularly interesting. She published the article in 2009 predicting the technological trends to come in the year 2010. I found it interesting to take a look at her predictions and statements and analyze the extent to which they were accurate now that 2010 has come and gone and the year 2012 is roughly half way through.
McCrea's five main predictions were the following: eBooks will be integrated into the classroom, Netbook functionality will grow, more teachers will use interactive whiteboards, personal devices will be used within the classroom, technology will lead to a change in curricula. Overall, I felt that McCrea detailed several technologies which would greatly benefit students. Unfortunately, I do not feel that many of these technologies are as heavily used within the classroom setting as she predicted they would be. For instance, eBooks still have not become heavily utilized in the classroom. Many individuals use eBooks for social reading purposes but they have not fully infiltrated the classroom as of yet. Even at the college level, I find it rare for my peers to use an eBook for classroom purposes. Likewise, I feel that in many classes interactive whiteboards are present yet go untouched by many educators. In addition, she made mention that personal devices would be used within the classroom and I do not feel that this is the case in the majority of classes. From my experience, many educators do not permit personal devices within classrooms and thus do not incorporate the use of these devices in their lessons.
This article brought to my attention how limited our current integration of technology is within the classroom setting. There are so many great technologies at our fingertips and many of these are being consistently overlooked or under used. It is unfortunate that educators are not making use of the technologies easily accessible to them such as handheld devices and interactive whiteboards in many cases. I hope that as a future educator I can make use of some of these technologies and incorporate them more fully into the curricula.
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McCrea's five main predictions were the following: eBooks will be integrated into the classroom, Netbook functionality will grow, more teachers will use interactive whiteboards, personal devices will be used within the classroom, technology will lead to a change in curricula. Overall, I felt that McCrea detailed several technologies which would greatly benefit students. Unfortunately, I do not feel that many of these technologies are as heavily used within the classroom setting as she predicted they would be. For instance, eBooks still have not become heavily utilized in the classroom. Many individuals use eBooks for social reading purposes but they have not fully infiltrated the classroom as of yet. Even at the college level, I find it rare for my peers to use an eBook for classroom purposes. Likewise, I feel that in many classes interactive whiteboards are present yet go untouched by many educators. In addition, she made mention that personal devices would be used within the classroom and I do not feel that this is the case in the majority of classes. From my experience, many educators do not permit personal devices within classrooms and thus do not incorporate the use of these devices in their lessons.
This article brought to my attention how limited our current integration of technology is within the classroom setting. There are so many great technologies at our fingertips and many of these are being consistently overlooked or under used. It is unfortunate that educators are not making use of the technologies easily accessible to them such as handheld devices and interactive whiteboards in many cases. I hope that as a future educator I can make use of some of these technologies and incorporate them more fully into the curricula.
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