Aliyyah Simmons
Critical Thinking Paper: Curriculum vs. Technology
Education Technology and Emerging Media
Professor Jacqueline Cahill
March 16, 2014

Table of Contents
Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………....3
The Appropriate Steps to Take…………………………………………………………...…3-4
Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………….………4
References……………………………………………………………………………….………5

Critical Thinking Paper: Curriculum vs. Technology
Introduction
The emergence of technology has done more than change the way we communicate; it has helped students all over the country learn and provided them with an endless amount of knowledge at their fingertips. At one point the only technology being used in the classroom were the three to five desktop computers and the overhead projector. Now students are being introduced to and highly encouraged to use tablets in the classroom to help the teacher covey the information. “Equitable access to technologies and technical support are critical and directly influence what teachers and students accomplish” (Jenkins, 2006). This can however cause the focus to be on the technology itself rather than the curriculum. Some people feel that computers and technology are destroying literacy (Gardner, 2008), however I feel that moderation it the silver lining.
The Appropriate Steps to Take I am not an educator and though I had the experience from my many years as a substitute teacher, I was not given the technology to use. However, I think that if I were an educator, I would make sure that incorporating technology in the classroom did not over shadow the lesson. I think using too much technology could cause the lesson to focus more on the applications and having to give a lesson on how to properly use and handle the technology. I would keep it to a minimum and only allow things like tablets to be used sparingly and only one to two days per week. In doing this