"Given the Realities of Our Modern Age..."

"...and the demands of our children's future, is it really ok to allow teachers to choose whether or not they incorporate modern technologies into their instruction?"

Choice is kind of a relative term, not to mention from what the teachers choose. Some teachers, as far as technology, could have the choice to choose from something such, oh I don't know, laptops, scanners, and tablets, as compared to something like vhs, overhead projectors, and simple-function calculators. I definitely think that they should make efforts to incorporate modern technology into their classroom. These children will be dealing with technology in their future. In order to become more accustomed to the level of technology with which they will be dealing in their futures, the should have as much experience with it as possible.

So really, as a teacher, I probably wouldn't like the administration butting into my business and telling me what to do in my classroom. However, it really is a necessity for the students to be able to find adequate jobs in the business world. As our world moves on, so do the requirements needed for securing jobs.

I find it difficult to come up with reasons to back up my opinions, however, I would definitely support the use of technology in classrooms. While I grew up in a more affluent are, some of the students are not so lucky and they don't have the access that I did to the newer versions of technology. Everything is slowly coming to depend on technology. Our phones, televisions, computers, et cetera are all becoming more advanced and we rely heavily on them.

So I suppose my bottom line is that I wouldn't support teachers making their own decision on that call, unless it were in favour of technology in the classroom.