Technology and the Curriculum

       While technology can be a transformational tool for students if used in the classroom correctly, it can also have a negative impact as well. A study conducted in 2021 by Northwestern College in Iowa has shown that too much exposure to blue light radiation was proven to have adverse health effects on growing children. According to Saunders and Vallance (2017), the amount of screen time that students are subjected to on a daily basis has tripled in the last four years. Their study continues to point out that roughly half of today’s children and youth are exceeding the public health screen time recommendation. Their evidence suggests that this increase in screen time is linked to increased obesity, depression, and anxiety, as well as low aerobic fitness, quality of life, self-esteem, positive social behavior, and academic achievement. Educators are also experiencing their own challenges and increased stress as they try to learn and prepare technologically lessons, sometimes wit

A Personal Reflection During my time working as a third-grade teacher at a private school,  tablets were introduced one year into the curriculum.  The requirements applied to all grades.  They were provided by the school and added to the tuition fees. As you can imagine, the parents of my students were not pleased about this, and I was not either. The school had not planned workshops or any kind of training to explain to parents how the tablets would be incorporated into their children's learning and what benefits they would provide to the classroom. They simply explained this was the modern age, and tablets were a necessity in the classroom now. We also didn't receive proper training as teachers. Instead, we met in small groups and were instructed to figure out ways to incorporate the tablets into our lesson plans. It was like I was thrown into completely uncharted territory, and then left alone to figure it all out. I began to find them a nuisance when my students bec