Technology In The Classroom

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Chase Henson Basic reading & Writing 990 WP#1 The ringing of a cell phone, the “beep beep beep” of an incoming text message, the syncing, the updating, the loud distracting antenna looking headphones of a passer by and more cords than a baby grand piano. All of which could be used to describe the “modern student” (including the baby grand piano) at UVU or every college, university and high school across the nation. Laptops, ipods, iphones, cell phones, ear phones and smart phones, all of which you will see on a daily basis almost any where you go and especially on campus at UVU. “Technology In the College Classroom” is the title of the article and using my very own technology is how ill write this. When it come to the consumption of these devices, college students are apparently the “hardcore consumers” of most of the technologies according to the article. A not so surprising 86% of college students have a cell phone, 12% of which have smart phones with internet access. 83% of college students have some from of entertainment device such as an ipod, Nintendo 3DS or Sony’s PSP. As far as laptops goes, 73% of students have and utilize laptops, myself included. We (college students) certainly know how to use the these technologies, so well in fact that 44% of us use the Internet for more that 15 hours or less a week. Thats a least 2 hours a day, which would seem a little low for the people i surround myself with. Maybe i need new friends? It comes to no surprise that technology is a huge part of any college students life. why wouldnt it be if your able to check your grades from the comfort of your own, probably not so clean toilet seat right? The majority of students seem to be willing to adapt new technology in and out of the classroom. Email being the most common of these technologies along with CMS, course websites, spreed sheets and presentation software. Content

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