Today's discussion about the changes in technology and it's effects on the classroom has been a very interesting topic. Through discussion we have learned that the content is not changing and this is what needs to be focused on. Although the ways of teaching the material, assessing the material and presenting the material will change, the material its's self will not. The fact that a teacher is providing information for a group of students also will not change.
Something that came to mind during this discussion was the use of technology for assessment in the classroom I student taught in. This semester I am taking a course in literacy diagnosis. We are learning about the different tests to administer to our students to determine their reading stregnths and weaknesess. All of the tests we use are on paper. I remembered today that when I was student teaching, the literacy specialist used an Ipad. All of her testing was done using it amnd all of her data was saved on it. I know that there was an issue once with the data not saving. This makes me realize that technology is not always reliable. In reference to your story about the GRE, I believe that the students assessment does not matter if it is on paper or online. My only thought about this is that as I stated, the technology may not always be reliable.
Overall, I believe that we had a great discussion today. It was great to hear about everyones perspectives on technology from the past to the present and also to learn about the history of education and how it all began.
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