Technology in the classroom

Blake and Harry- Technology in the classroom Technology in the classroom is both vital and changing. We need to stay current on the technology in our areas or we will quickly lose our students to dull, mind numbing routines. For instance the black board, how long has the black board been around? We need to get rid of them wherever possible, students don't like them, I don't like them. I feel like a PTA member but whenever I was in a classroom with outdated technology I felt much more bored with the class no matter what it was. When we watched dvds on reptiles or got to get the laptop lab out it was a good day. One piece of technology that I think will be up and coming in the science field will be the Ipad 2. I am typing on one at the moment actually, it will almost certainly replace laptops in the classroom. The apps available on the Ipad 2 help with any class including sciences. There are maps of the solar system, diagrams for anatomy, and even videos showing how bacteria infect host cells. The only reason I survived microbiology was my Ipad 2 and the helpful videos it provided me on bacterial transformation. In the near future I will expect to see more Ipads in the classroom as well as future technology to slowly creep in, and this would be a good thing.