Evolving Classroom Education

This article discusses technology that is growing and being used in today’s classrooms. “Bring your own device” or BYOD, seems to be a great idea and beneficial to both teachers and students. Most students today have a cell phone or iPad, and many schools cannot afford to provide such technology for all students. However, not all students can afford this. The second shift the article discusses is the “natural user interfaces” such as Wii and Xbox Kinect. The last shift is towards “personal learning environments” which aims to get students to create their own learning success.

A downfall to “bring your own device” would be that not all students can afford to have a smartphone, or any phone for that matter. If classrooms are going to use devices such as iPads, the school should provide every student with one. If there were a classroom where every student but one had a device they could bring, how would that one student learn? I also believe that so much use of technology in the classroom is limiting students to social interaction with their peers. Social interaction is important especially for Elementary students. Overall, I think that there is too much trying to be implemented at once, and this isn’t fair to students or teachers.