I was able to contact another education student at Florida State University. I contacted Janessa McGowens through Facebook. She is also a junior who has just begun her quest trough the College of Education. She and I talk about how technology is a crucial component in the classroom because it offers a different stimulation. If our students just sat in chairs all day and read from books they would get bored and hate school, but if we could take them on a virtual field trip it would make our students think on a different level because they can actually see what is going on.
One main point that Janessa and I agreed on is that the money for technology in the classroom needs to be increased, which is very hard at this time. If we could get the money to buy the technology, then there would be no need to take field trips by bus, we could just take virtual ones. With money and technology, our students don't just have to study geography, they can talk with someone, over a webcam, that lives in that area. So they are not only learning, but also seeing the world while in the safety of their classroom.
Janessa and I ended our conversation by discussing the money issue of our schools. We both firmly believe that when our schools can obtain the money for better technology then we will begin to learn on higher levels.
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