Positive and Negative Effects of Technology
Technology is something I use daily, whether I am checking my email, answering text messages, or showing my students something on the computer. It is something I am constantly surrounded by. There is a range of positive and negative effects of technology. As an educator, I see my students quite dependent on tablets and computers. This is often a positive and negative because technology can often be a positive reinforcement to encourage and redirect students back to work but students can often get distracted and focus only on the end result of getting the Ipad. I work in a school with very intense behaviors. Many of my students work on reward systems and the majority of them work for technology items. This can be a great thing because it can encourage my students to stay on track, have positive behaviors, and finish their work. My students can be motivated by Ipads, computers, and laptops. They often will pick something they want to watch or listen to and I will continue to remind them what they are working for. My job is to motivate them, keep them on track, and redirect them so they can earn their reward at the end of the activity. By having technology so accessible it allows my students to earn their rewards more easily and ultimately their behaviors will lessen. Some of the negatives of technology that I see at work on a daily basis in the same aspect are that my students often obsess/perseverate over these items and will prolong doing work in order to gain access to these items immediately. My students, a lot of the time, only want to work for technological items rather than going for walks or art therapy. This can be a negative thing because students only want to be on the Ipad and computer. They often become reliant on this item. Overall, technology is a great advancement in the education system. I am able to share a lot with my students with a click of a mouse. There are many positives to technology but a few negatives as well.
Great read! I see this every day walking through the hallways. Teachers are trying to incorporate tech to the best of their knowledge, but some fall short. I see the positives out way the negatives, but I also see kids abusing this daily. There are many times teachers will be lecturing, but students are on their Chromebook or on their cell phones. This most likely comes down to classroom management, but technology has become an addiction. I also agree that in some way tech levels the playing field between students.
ReplyDeleteCompletely agree, was driving the other day and was watching all the kids getting off the bus one by one and counted them, because every student walking off the bus was looking at their phone six inches from their face. None of the students were socializing or even talking just walking in a strait line on their phone. Technology has a lot of benefits but this is one of the cons of growing up with it. Everyone kid has a phone and they loose the skills of group settings or socializing. Time will tell if this will create a generation that will lack basic communication skills, or it could be better for them.
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