I wasn't really surprised to see that most college don't really use the Internet for much more than communication. Having the internet in classroom, in the grand scheme of things, is a really new idea. Ten years ago e-mail was only starting to gain popularity yet alone having a high-speed, 'search anything' search engine right at your fingertips. With that said, it's only been a short amount of time to allow Internet usage in the classroom to evolve. Most teachers are not up to a high speed on how to operate many of the new technologies that are available to them. I personally know of a school that had a few Promethean Boards that went an entire year without even being turned on. I am well aware that teachers all over the country are taking and have to take Ed. Tech courses, but in most cases no one is an expert on technology at the completion of any one course. Until the teachers have a better grip on how to operate the machinery, the classroom will be at a technological disadvantage.
I think that many of the issues involving technology in the classroom can have a huge effect on teachers, however, the classroom is forever evolving place and must always keep up, if not be ahead of the times and start to experience the benefits that the Internet has to offer.
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