In my opinion, technology is a
great thing for middle school students’ learning. It is help for their
learning. Not only does much of it, it also allow the teacher or students to
communicate knowledge and ideas in new and exciting ways, it also eases the ability
to then access that information for later perusal. For example, a group could
present a Power Point presentation and then allow the teacher to publish it
from a website which the students could access everywhere. This is a great way
to reinforce an exchange that took place in a classroom earlier in the semester
without requiring more time and resources. Also, new technologies inherently
attract the attention of the younger generation as we move farther into the
information revolution. Look at the number of cellular phones and laptops being
carried by students today. This makes the technology transfer easier in the
classroom because so many students already use it and there will be less new
resources consumed overall. As I said earlier, the learning process can best be
defined as an exchange. That exchange requires both parties to actively
participate in order to get the most out of the exchange for everyone.
Technology only increases the ability to accomplish this task and eases the
transition into the digital world of the future.