Technology in the class room, a good thing!

 I think that media in the classroom is only going to increase more and more as new technology is developed. For instance, new classrooms are called smart classroom because the technology that is put into them. Modern class rooms are not just blackboard and a desktop, but they include projectors, DVD players, laptops for individual students, and many more technological developments. The traditional chalk board has been replaced by touch screen smart boards that link directly to the teachers personal computer and allow them to access all of their Microsoft documents, websites, and many other features within the board itself. I think that it’s a very good thing to bring technology into the class room. Our society is driven by technological advances and if we don’t start teaching our children how to adapt to and understand these developments then they will not survive in this digital age. The student of today’s society are responsible for learning how to take use these new technologies to enhance their educations and better their lives in the present and in the future. I have no clue where technology in the class room will be in the next 10 years because the advancements that are being made are just to rapid. Teachers are always  reprimanding students for using technology in the class room when the class rooms themselves are full of it. How teachers should respond to students using technology for things other than school work had two different answers for me. Of course I would say to tell the student that they should not be doing what they are doing, but at the same time that is hindering their drive to incorporate technology into their daily lives which is how our society currently survives.