New technologies in the English Classroom
In todays society technology is becoming
increasingly popular, and playing a major part in children’s lives both in
education and at home. Using interactive whiteboards, iPads, Laptops and other
small technologies play a positive part in education today. I feel that the use
of technology in the classroom means that teachers are able to do more with
fewer resources.
However, I do not think the media has a
positive influence on technology, 1 in 10 children have a mobile phone by the
age of 5!! I find this statistic shocking, our world is becoming increasingly
dependent on technology. But having said that I can see the positive outcome of
using technology whilst teaching.
The school I worked at during my gap year
and as a teaching assistant very much encouraged technology in the classroom,
each day the children were greeted with a morning task on the IWB. They also
had weekly sessions using the iPads to play on apps helping with fine motor
skills, phonics, spelling and mathematics. It was surprising yet interesting to
see how many of the children were so competent using technology, most of which
whom have their own iPads.
Stephenson (1997) states that as children
gain more confidence using technology, the technology will soon become
invisible, meaning the children are able to fluently use these ICT skills.
In this module, I believe that I may
struggle on the seminar based on advertising purely for the fact I do not have
young children in my family, which could mean that it is hard for me to define
what age should be watching what.
Bibliography
Stephenson, D (1997) Information and Communications Technology: Expanding the Space of
Learning, vol. 7. New York: Springer.
http://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/aug/23/children-first-mobile-age-five (Assessed September 27th)
Is it the case that the media do not have a positive influence on technology, resulting in very young children having mobile phones?
ReplyDeleteOr is that statistic more of a parenting and/or cultural issue?
I believe that the media does have a negative influence on technology and I do feel that it plays apart in young children having moblies, although ultimately it is down to the parents to buy them one.
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