#2 "How Teachers Are Integrating Tech Common Core" Article Summary and Opinion

"How Teachers Are Integrating Tech Common Core" by Fred Sitkins explains how the rise of technology is being implemented within the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Sitkin states, "schools across the globe are disrupting the traditional educational model through the incorporation of technology into instruction." The article describes how the adoption of the CCSS fits perfectly with the timing of the technological revolution. Technology allows students to connect to the world on a deeper level, which Sitkins says is now required in the Common Core. Sitkins gives examples of how technology is becoming a great success in the classrooms through programs on devices like iPads and programs like iBooks and iTunes U.  He further goes on to list a few examples of the CCSS that require the use of technology. Sitkins clarifies that students are not only demonstrating learning through the use of technology, but they are also learning to share their learning to the world around them. Sitkins closes his article by telling his readers that the technology in the Common Core allows children to learn deeper instead of just remembering facts.

I agree with Fred Sitkins article to some extent. Technology has proven to be very successful in schools and has helped numerous children learn better and faster. Even children with learning disabilities get the help they need from technology within school systems. I agree that students are learning on a deeper level now and the hands-on experiences of technology help better the learning of most students, but because of the rise of technology and the incorporation of technology in the CCSS, younger students are learning through a different process than the past and on a much deeper level than ever before. My fear with the constant rise of technology and the acceptance of it within the CCSS and school systems is that students will not be taught properly how to read and write correctly. We live in a technological world, which is not a bad thing, but I do believe that their could be potential for corruption in the education of students in the long run.

Jennifer Barton