As K-12 classrooms go high-tech, colleges get more virtual

This article written by Sevil Omer and Devin Coldewey is centered around the major impact technology has made on grade schools as well as college. The grade school teachers are beginning to use more and more technology in their classrooms. While most teacher feel that technology is helpful n the classroom, many of them would like to see more whiteboards and tablets, and not outdated PCs. Cost is mainly the factor that is limiting most teachers from having the technology that they need. Although, some schools are requiring that all underclassman purchase iPads for this school year. Other schools are using video technologies to link multiple classrooms together so their students get higher-level courses that may not have been available to them without technology.  There are still some teachers who are skeptical about the use of technology though. They do not want this to be another aid in getting students to memorize and regurgitate information; they want it to be used as a way to create knowledge for them. When it comes to college, technology is becoming a way for students to learn in the comfort at home. Many believe that in the years to come students will spend less time on campus than they do taking online classes. School officials have argued over if this will be good for students, because a student can learn so much from mixing and mingling with those on campus that they would normally not be in a setting with. But no matter what a persons personal stance on technology in classroom is, they say that traditional lecture-and-test classrooms are on the way out the door.