Technology In The Classroom Analysis

Technology in the classroom has definitely reshaped the way we taught for many years in college. The way teaching of education has evolved in many different forms weather it’s in the classroom or online this is a revolution either way although, some may agree with being physically in a sit or doing their classes online. Many will make excuses for the reason why assignments are not turned in on time. As explained by Carolyn foster seagal “In the Dog Ate My Disk, and other Tales of Woe” by Ellen Linder in “I’m Your Teacher Not Your Internet Service Provider”.
In Seagal paper she used humor to explain how her students have many reasons to way their papers aren’t turned in, and some of the categories that she chose to discussed are both humors
and serious and the way she explains some of her students story such as in “the family were the grandmother dies and the student has to go out of town to attend the funeral by his papers going to be late” (Segal, 461).
The other way segal further explains is by using the best friend a student say that they had to “Stay up because there best friend boyfriend broke up with her” or “she had to take her best friend to the hospital” (Segal, 461) this are the two major categories talked about has to the fact of way Segal doesn’t have a great deal of papers turned in on time. Segal has stated that she knows the majority of the students excuses are made up either because the student didn’t do it, and or they may have a legit reason although she can’t check behind them. Segal later stated some of her students wonder way they don’t receive the grade to pass the class because they truly didn’t put in the work or time. “Even some of the students said the printer didn’t work or it printed ink all over the paper” (Segal, 462).
In Laird essay she explains the effects of online teaching in the excuses she gets to reason why her assignment aren’t turned in on time. Laird states that doesn’t have the heart to continue to teach online. She further details the way online teaching can be difficult for her and the students. She does this by breaking the reason in categories in which she uses a form of dark humor when
explaining. Laird starts by transiting from a physical classroom to and online environment. Laird states she doesn’t actually see the student whom sign up for the course that she instructs at her institution, laird said she does email the syllabus along with all the due dates for the work. Laird said in even “Cinderella had a deadline the students believe that essays are not due on that day but when they feel their completed he or she can turn his or her paper end in that’s not the case” (Laird, 418-19). Laird other reason the students give her are in there are no sick or personal days in cyberspace the student goes on to say that they were going out of town and would not be back for another two weeks that’s when they’ll turn the essay in. Laird also states the student also try to say they didn’t understand the syllabus handouts.” Laird mainly stated that she was tired of teaching online because you don’t get to see your students face to face and get to know them on a personal level and also learning their strengths and needs to improve”(Laird, 460).
“Laird also points out the student believe the actual syllabus is like a restaurant they try to put in chose which assignments they won’t to complete at the due” (Laird, 461) Laird says that although hearing many different reason for assignments not being turned in she does enjoy teaching the course but just wants to remain in a physical classroom, although the student act has if they don’t to or have to turn it in it makes a major difference in getting help for the subject as a whole. Laird and Segal were both English instructors that were veterans of the subject and they were both publish in their local paper called the chronical in 2000 and in 2003 which most teacher use as their source of communication. They both also used humor as a position to get there points across in the essays Laird showed us how technology as changed the entire way of teaching weather using and online program to use everyday technology
or a new based program. Technology has either gave you advantage or put you at disadvantage to teach a different format style than what is consider traditional teaching. Technology has been a great invention to and for the modern world because it has taught use many different ways to learn in classroom such as YouTube to find out about many important people and the videos help with your research. Technology has also been a bit of a letdown when it comes to use in social media has a hold it can be very difficult in a modern world. Technology can be adapted for many purposes in the world use but in some cases it has been used as a tool to neglect the responsibility of typing paper because now you can easily go online and copy and paste other people or just simply go online and look at a website and take what the article said and use it. Technology has made a lot of people lazy individuals because this new way of getting information has caused a lot of plagiarism in papers result in many students not being able to attend a higher education or any other college do to them using other sources and not using proper parenthetical citation which causes the system or the instructor to read it as plagiarism which result in a failing grade on that particular assignment. Although technology has come a long way in the classrooms across America and internationally it still has to many defects in which you can simply log on and the internet does it for you now instead of us being able to do it on our own and using the internet has a resource for which you gather information for the paper or assignment that was given by the instructor. Laird and Segal are both great instructors whom used humor and categories to relate a message to their student in which they both teach.
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