Journsl #4

Journal 4
Disrupting Class: Student –Centric Education Is the Future

Christensen, C., & Horn, M. (2008, August/September). Disrupting class: Student-centric education is the future. Retrieved November 2, 2008, from Edutopia Web site:
http://www.edutopia.org/student-centric-education-technology

This article is simple, computers in the classroom don’t make better students, and it creates a larger bill for schools to pay. The article raises a lot of questions. A computer, according to the article, is not the education warrior. It is a tool that needs supplemental teachings like books and field trips. So far nothing has been established to prove that technology in the class, i.e. computers, is making a large difference in academic performance. Someday it might, but for now it is not.

Questions

1. If computers are not making a difference now when will they?

I believe that computers are making a difference, but not in all areas. Schools, teachers and students are all in different areas regarding technology literacy, what tech they have and how best to use it. When technology becomes more available for everyone, one will see a raise in academic performance do to a structured idea of how and what to implement with technology.

2. Will computers replace books and maybe teachers?

Currently, online classes are slowly removing students from the class and contact by there teachers. Also, information regarding these classes is online and so is much if not all the research. So, I believe at the lower and some higher academic levels it will remove them out entirely because students will look into a computer for answers not libraries or teachers.