TPCK
I found this article interesting in its not simply arguing for or against the use of technology, but how the article objectively showed the necessity of technological knowledge by both the teachers and the students in a classroom. The theory of TPCK is a good one; it shows that technology is in the world, whether liked or not, and human beings must not be completely foreign to its uses. The idea that teachers should use technology, but not completely rely on it, hits my view on the argument completely. Teachers exist in the classroom to, well, teach. If teachers do nothing but facilitate a room full of computers and iPads, why go to college and waste their time at all? I think that technology must be used in a TPCK format, where technology is integrated into the instruction as a supplemental form or aid, but not as the primary source of education. There are other factors in schools--beyond textbook learning--that require more than a tablet or laptop. Skills in social and cultural facets that require human interaction, and not virtual human interaction. Students need development in these areas as well, and merely using technology as a primary source of education will not suffice. If schools produce students with no social and cultural cues, then our society will begin to break down and crumble beneath us. The TPCK form of education works as well as any that I have witnessed in my education. It incorporates technology into the classroom, but does not remove the teaching/learning aspect from the respective people in the room.