Week 6

THE HOW AND WHEN OF TECHNOLOGY 

There is no doubt that, when used correctly, technology can become an incredibly useful tool for teachers and for students. However, we cannot pretend that by having a computer and a projector in the classroom our students will magically become experts in the content studied. It is necessary for teachers to know how and when to use the technological resources that they have available.

The articles Critical Thinking and Technology by Ken Bain, and Is Technology Producing A Decline In Critical Thinking And Analysis? Give us relevant and useful information about how and when to use technology. From these articles I learned that we cannot perceive technology as totally good or totally bad. Depending on the way we use it, it can help or harm our students’ learning process. Besides this, I realized that not everybody learns in the same way. Therefore, not everybody will be benefitted by technology in the same way. 

There is one point mentioned in one of the articles that I consider that every teacher should know, and it is that when we (teachers) think about using technology, we should not think about how it will make our work easier, but we must think how it will help our students acquire the knowledge we are transmitting to them.

In conclusion, these articles result helpful when we wonder if we should use technology with our students and how to use it.