Journal 6

“Social Justice – Choice or Necessity”
By Colleen Swain and David Edyburn

This article discusses the issues of technological use in the classroom. Technology can not just be available to students in the classroom, but it has to be taught and understood on how to be technology savvy. Bringing technology into the classroom is now considered to be a choice made by the teachers, but by choosing to not incorporate technology into the classroom students are being disadvantaged. They are being held back from opportunities that continue to be more technologically advanced such as college applications, college homework, school assignments, etc. We as future teachers need to incorporate technology into the classroom and into the curriculum. Social justice is slowly improving in order to make education more equal, but until technology is a part of social justice, children will not have equal opportunities in upper education, and all learning aspects of life.

How does social justice have to do with technology?
Social justice is helping our educational system become more equal. By doing so, we need to have the same opportunities no matter what our gender, sex, financial situation, or background is. Technology is increasing all over the world, especially when it comes to higher education, so we have to prepare our students with the same technological resources. In order to do that, technology needs to be incorporated into social justice.

What are some of the effects of students not being technologically advanced?
Students will not know how to be as efficient at communicating over the web, processing paperwork electronically, submitting transcripts and applications, and completing schoolwork online.