ShyLee Schwartz

EDU 430-437

Mrs. S

March 19, 2024

Reflection 7

Personally, I run into a good handful of issues with the modern day level of technology use in the

classroom. The first being that students either do not have their Chromebook, or they have their

Chromebook and it is dead. When these instances happen, it ads so much time to being able to

begin class because so many have to go borrow a computer from guidance, or find a charger.

This is definitely a student issue. If they took their belongings home, charged their Chromebook

while they charge their phone at night, and brought it back the next day it would not be as big or

as consistent of an issue as it is. Another issue is that students are forgetting how to write legibly,

how to spell, how to use proper grammar and punctuation, etc. Students rely so heavily on spell

check that they do not even think to read over their work to check for language errors. This issue

is a technology issue. COVID took place when my students were in fifth grade. Therefore, in

fifth grade they were fully transitioned to online learning. This undoubtedly took much of the

necessary English skills away from them or prevented the students from learning them. Since

classroom have been so much more tech reliant since COVID, the students never had the

opportunity to make up that time or learn those skills. They were simply pushed along.

I would say that online learning has been beneficial for some students. For example, I

have had a few students be hospitalized or suspended. Online learning allows them to stay up to

date on what they are learning in school, so that when they return they are not terribly behind.
However, other than for reasons of staying caught up, I would not say that online learning has

been widely beneficial. Students have become less responsible, less proper, less caring since

online learning began. I credit this to staring at a screen all day instead of interacting with and

learning with others.

The first few technology issue mentions are the largest ones for me. In order to avoid

them as much as possible, I find myself no longer offering digital options to complete

assignments unless requested specifically for an IEP requirement, collecting student phones and

data during class to differentiate how they are with and without their phones, and talking to

parents and expressing my concern.