Technology

"In the world of Teaching, articles about new ways to use technology in the classroom are everywhere. Every teaching blog, newsletter, magazine and seminar covers new uses of technology. Teachers are constantly told that you, students of the 21st century, use technology every day, are tech-saavy, and need to be taught WITH technology because that is how you learn best. We are also told that, in order to prepare you for the modern workforce, we need to teach you HOW to use new technology effectively.
Respond to that idea. What do you think about it? Do you think that teachers could be more effective if they used technology tools (think podcasts, web videos, online discussion forums, electronic assignment submission, tech-related project assignments)? Are modern students technologically inclined? What about being a student in Utah? Do you think that being in Utah keeps you a little behind-the-times as far as technology learning is concerned? Would YOU do better if more multi-media was used in your classrooms to teach and present, and for you to demonstrate your learning and communicate?"

I think that yes we as students are more technologically inclined and learn better with technology. I think that if there were more programs on the computer that were easy to use and fun, then we as students would learn faster and would be more likely to retain information in our brains. If there were more use of power points and programs like A+ we would have a greater learning experience.
If we were to have, say a class folder on the computer for each class that we were able to email our homework to, then I would, i don't know about other students, but I would be more inclined to get my homework in on time and maybe perhaps early. Since we students spend multiple hours on the computer daily, being able to do this would save time on our part and on the teachers part. The only problem with this is that computers can mess everything up, and then we get bad grades for the computers problems.
I also think, however, that we need to learn core things as well. Such as, writing and responsibility. What if all the power goes out and then we have to resort back to sending messages and communicating the old fashioned way? We need to teach/learn writing skills and writing by hand. The way we have things now is teaching us responsibility. This way we are responsible for everything in between the computer and turning it into our teachers. We need to learn this skill.
Yes we should use more technology, but we should also keep going with what we are already doing.