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Club. His views on technology are fairly positive, with slight changes he wishes were in place. I interviewed him on April 26 2023, he had this to say.

“Technology is a double edged sword, it allowed some of my students to make thousands of dollars at 13,14 creating things, but at the same time too much content from various sources can be detrimental.”

In other words, he thinks technology is an incredibly useful source in his middle school classroom, having access to all information at once is amazing, but only searching up things that have the same opinion (stated later in the interview) would corrupt the child’s mind, it would deny the child access to other points of views, thus becoming detrimental. He refers back to the upside of technology in the classroom in this next quote:

Students)”

I think that the teaching tools available through the chromebooks can really enhance learning, but it’s no secret that access to the internet provides an endless source of distraction.

As stated above, children as young a 13 have been making thousands of dollars from work they have ious technological sources) can be building blocks to a career that’s right for them. (The

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` created off of the software the administrator has provided, and that he knows some students won’t work in the technological field, but as for the students who will, he wants to provide the best step up he can from a young age in middle school. He also states technology should be regulated, not just for students, but for parents too.

“A lot of parents, myself included, use technology to help separate themself from their child, when you are at home working, and also have your child around, technology is there to help babysit.” He notes that technology is not just affecting the students, but also the parents, technology can be used as a crutch for over-stressed parents, but he claims that it separates the parent from the child. This sounds bad for the relationship between parents and children, if not left in regulation, his views are very neutral and that can be seen with how he treats his job.

Mr. Chad Rakowitz is a teaching assistant, with an impressive background as a teacher for 22 years. He assists/teaches at Mathews Elementary School, he also has a side job as a tutor. He views technology as somewhat necessary in some certain cases, mainly the pandemic but mostly prefers for the students to take tests and fill out assignments on paper. I interviewed him on March 30, 2023, he had this to say.

“All of the kids at Mathews elementary, have access to the school issued chromebooks, this has proven to be a little much for teachers to regulate.”

Mr. Rakowitz claimed that teachers were having trouble regu-

Do you think the students are surrounded by technology?

Yes.

Is that a bad thing? Time will tell. It’s certainly different from my high school experience, but each genera- lating the children’s chromebooks, the chromebooks were issued by aisd. The teachers having trouble is a big issue, the teachers at Mathews, and most likely other schools, is a problem because the teachers are trained to deal with annoying kids, so imagine if somebody who is train professionally to be at their wit’s end, then imagine somebody who isn’t trained, if these kids go into the real world, without developing skills that might annoy the wrong person, then whoop, you don’t get the job you want, or maybe something more severe. Mr. Rakowitz also had this to say.

“One way I see them (The Students) affected is they use them beyond the school day, I think it becomes a real temptation to sit in front of the screen a lot”

This feature story proves that teachers are affected very differently by technology in the classroom. Most teachers have different views for the technology that they use. Technology affects us all, as humans, the overall consensus is that it can be the item to take us as a species to a whole new level, or could be the very thing that destroys us all.

To summarize, the dangers of technology acts like a double edged blade, with the possibility to either act as a beneficial source or a detriment. There is no simple way to either control or limit the usage of student’s devices without causing a gross breach of privacy. So I have concluded overall, technology belongs in classrooms, but should be regulaated amd more importantly used in moderation.