Ann’s Blog

            After reading the narrative of technological instruction use in an urban Midwest school in Aslup & Busch’s book But will it work with real students? it has been proven yet again that technology is a risky endeavour to take on due to classroom management, administrative understanding and proper technological equipment that will perform. It is clear that only the brave can use technology in their literature, writing and reading instruction. I am a huge candidate of technology in the classroom. The generation of students we face day to day is a generation inundated with video games, internet and all sorts of technology. The only way to catch our studnets’ attention in a speedy manner is to use some method they are accustomed to in theirvv daily lives. Using technology to deliver a lesson plan is risky, but rewarding. Students of different languages and cultures may find technology an easy to follow guide through a difficult concept or topic. Not to mention the visual learners who can find technology useful in their comprehension through the use of images. It is not a question as to whether or not technology is useful, but a question as to whether or not teachers should change their methods of instruction to including technology in a meaningful and useful way.