Reflection

Technology and multimedia resources contribute positively to the elementary language arts instructional approach in the following ways:

This generation of children has recourses that no other generation has had. You no longer have to pick up a book and turn the pages you can read stories on line, on a nook, or even on an ipad. It is important for children to grasp the technology in elementary school because technology is only going to get more advance. I know when I was in elementary school and even high school I took all of my test on paper and I did not use the calculator that much, when I got to college and test where no longer offered on paper I almost freaked out. Now my ten year old niece anytime she has a math problem she uses the calculator, it’s like using your brain is a second option now, and my little brother reads his comics online every day, he does not even have to pay for monthly subscription he just downloads them. I personally do not like the idea of depending on technology but I must admit it makes life much easier. You can have your whole class take a reading test online and the results will be giving at the end of the test, no grading for the teacher and immediate results for students. Another advantage is it makes innovative learning easier students can learn a specific task buy playing a computer game and not even realize they are learning. Also there are a lot of resources on the web for students off all ages as well as teachers, for instance this Wiki web site I created just for student to use in the subject of Language arts, I came up with 20 websites I am sure all of classmates do not have the same exact 20 websites I chose. It is important to use technology in elementary classes especially in reading I believe sooner or later there will be no more text books and schools will go green and paperless and everything with be online.