As we draw closer and closer to practicing full inclusion in all schools, it is completely vital that classrooms remain current in their use of technology. As a future special education teacher, I have become much more aware of the vast majority of assistive technology equipment and tools that are available today. If it is truly a hope to be able to benefit and provide an education for all students, up-to-date technology should be absolutely vital. As technology advances constantly in society, the classroom should be as well. Our future students will be growing up completely surrounded by technology, which will have a huge impact on how they are able to learn. As educators we should be keeping the needs of the students first, and because of this, I think current technology will be a need for the students in the classroom, if not now, in the very near future.
http://www.salisburypost.com/News/031512-edu-Teachers-see-future-of-technology-qcd
I read a news article entitled "Educators learn about the latest classroom technology" because the title seemed like it would go best with my preconceived ideas and thoughts. I found this quote in the article to be most interesting, "It's important that we're continually looking for both hardware and software that can strengthen the teaching and learning in the schools and in the classrooms. Technology never comes to an end. It's an ongoing thing, we're constantly looking at the next best way to improve learning. As students change, so should the classroom, and technology can play a very helpful role in changing and modifying a classroom.
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