Technology vs Teachers?

      We always see and hear about how technology is the future, and in response teachers and educators alike feel a sense of anxiety when confronted with technology becoming the future of education. Thoughts of students staring at a computer as opposed to engaging in classroom activity pervade our imagination. There is a fear that a computer will ultimately transform into being the new teacher, but I don’t think that this alternate reality of a computer-taught generation will ever come to fruition.

      I think that teachers are the future and technology will become a mode of hyper connection, allowing students, teachers, and other educators to connect globally. As a result, a quality education will become accessible to those who have a connection to the internet. My perception of social web platforms when they first emerged, was that it would decrease social connectivity, but my perspective has changed. Facebook has allowed me to keep friends, in normal circumstances would have neglected due to military family moves. Even friends that I see often, but not every day, I am able to share my daily activities and vice versa. I know that one of my friends is having dinner at a Greek restaurant tonight, another started running and eating healthy, and another went on a camping trip. These three friends of mine live within a ten-mile radius of my residence. My point is that technology, especially Web 2.0 platforms that exemplify social connectivity can only serve to improve education and learning development, and my hypothesis is that they will not replace a teacher’s role, rather technology will be a tool to increase access to teachers and other educators.

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