1. Downfalls of Technology in the Classroom Kurt Killewald

2. Technology is incorporated into the classroom in numerous ways

• Calculators

• Videos

• Computers Search Engines, Word Documents, Power Point Presentations, Video Streaming, E-mail

• Smart Boards

• Listening Centers

• Pod Casts

• Webpage Design

3. Isolation in the Classroom

• Screen Oriented

• Less Social Interaction face to face communication w/ peers and teacher

• Passive activities are NOT conducive to learning

• Students spend more time in front of the computer screens than they do interacting with peers and teachers

4. Sink or Swim?

• Students grasp the material or fall behind

• Some MASK their emotions Do they truly understand the material?

• Are they daydreaming?

• Can they keep up?

• Students look to please others!

• Emotional Roller Coasters

• Anxiety, Stress, Fear, Depression, Medication

5. Technology and software require time and effort to master!

• This can be an impediment for students that need to master skills that are necessary to work and function with the new technology.

• There is not enough research on technology and the effectiveness on children to determine that it should be the center of classroom instruction!

6. Computers serves ONLY as tools!

• A tool is only as effective as the mind using it!

• Computers alone can't develop critical thinking skills or decision making abilities.

• A student must bring knowledge with him/her every time he/she sits down in front of the computer.

• Technology is only as effective as the teacher behind the student or the mind behind the child!

7. Negative Impacts on Children

• Sites are not filtered

• Sexual predators

• Exposed to violence, advertisements, inappropriate language/lyrics and music videos

8. Negative Impacts on Children Cont.

• Chatrooms, Instant Messenger, MySpace websites etc. all allow children to become victims of sexual assault.

• Children are growing up sooner than later!

• Children see celebrities and icons and want to be just like them!

9. Common Acronyms Used Online

• ASL -- age, sex, and location BF -- boyfriend

• BTDT -- been there, done that F2F -- face to face

• HB -- hurry back HHJK -- ha, ha just kidding

• PIR - Parent in room K - kiss or OK

• NOYB -- none of your business LMA -- leave me alone

• PAW -- parents are watching PM -- private message

• POS -- parents over shoulder THTH -- too hot to handle

• PSA -- public show of affection BTW - By The Way WTGP -- Want to go private?

This is the latest list of acronyms that children/teens are using online!!!!!

10. Lazy Days

• Technology is a Crutch

• Not intrinsically motivated to learn due to lack of challenge

• Dont learn itJust GOOGLE It!

• Children are not forced to learn material because they dont have to! Technology-calculators, spell check etc. save them! They dont really have to think!

11. Sources

• Overseas Family School:

• Pros and Cons of Technology . Overseas Family School. Web. 24 Feb. 2010. .

• Teaching Guide for Graduate Student Instructors:

• Pros and Cons of using instructional technology . Graduate Student Instuctor, 07 July 2008. Web. 24 Feb. 2010. .

• Common Acronyms Used Online:

• Familyeveryday . FamilyEveryday Creating balance, managing time, recieving time. Web. 1 Mar. 2010. .