How Can Technology Affect the Learning Process?

Technology is a very important tool in our schools today.  If teachers and students use it correctly, it can have a huge impact on the learning process.  Yesterday my student teacher and I did a learning styles inventory with my students.  This gave us pertinent information on how to best reach each student.  I believe that using technology when teaching a lesson provides visual, auditory, and kinesthetic experiences for all students.  After teaching the new information, my students can practice the skills in the computer lab three times a week and with iPads once a week.  Technology provides a fun and interactive way for students to practice various skills on their level of learning.

Although technology is a wonderful tool that can affect the learning process, I don't think it is a substitute for a teacher.  I still believe that teachers need to be a part of a student's learning process and provide technology as a tool for practice.