Changing Society: Why Teachers Need to Embrace Technology
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By Guy Weaver

Missouri Baptist University
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Today’s world is inundated with technology. Students of this
generation zip and zoom through the World Wide Web. They
have embraced a new era, The Digital Age. Students of this
new era have been dubbed the “Digital Kids” and they rule
the classroom. (http://news.cnet.com/
When-digital-kids-rule-the-classroom/2009-1041_3-6065108.html)
This age of technology has caught teachers off guard. One
needs to embrace technology within the classroom in an ever
changing society. The Digital Age will change the face of
our schools.

Technology is constantly changing. The W.W.W. has now
evolved into “Web 2.0” and is the second wave of the World
Wide Web. It is an improved, enhanced, and evolved
generation of internet capability. The improvement of design
and communication is its foundation. It hosts the
inter-twining and connectivity of communities through web
base applications: video, blogs, wiki, and various social
networking sites. Users do not merely retrieve information,
but expound and expand upon given info. Users become active
participants through the web. It is rich integration of data
and the daily routines of modern life. If technology is an
active participant in daily routine, then “why not in the
classroom?” This is an issue of utmost concern.

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