The Advantages of Technology in the Classroom

Technology is growing bigger and bigger in classrooms and now almost every teacher is required to use technology. Erin Shreiner believes sternly in using technology in the classroom, he wrote an article called The Advantages of Technology in the Classroom. In the article he talks about five main points of how technology helps students: Accessing Information, Editing of Written Works, Providing Supplementary Information, Communicating, and Motivation Students. All through high school and even through college all five of these topics are going to benefit me greatly in learning. Probably the top two that help the most are Accessing Information and Editing of Written Works. Using the internet to get information I need is probably the easiest and most helpful thing about the internet. Instead of having to go down to the library and search through countless number of books, I can either pull it up on my phone or grab a laptop in class and have the information instantly. Also I remember in elementary and middle school, whenever we were writing papers, if we had to revise and edit the paper, we had to completely re-hand write the paper completely instead of using Word and fixing it without have to write your paper all over again. Just these two topics alone make school so much more easier.
An advantage that Erin Shreiner did not mention in the article, is that using technology in the classroom is preparing the students for technology they are going to have to use in their future jobs. The students are more likely to get hired if they have an expertise in technology so that the bosses do not have to teach it to them. I feel like the more technology used in the classroom the better, because if prepares the students and gives them a fun way of learning.