Tech in the Classroom
My name is Evan Cave, and I am pursuing a career in education. With four younger siblings, I have been privy to countless public and private school failures (administrative, infrastructural, you name it). One such issue was the messy switch to online learning during the pandemic from which many have not recovered. In my opinion, technology and technological advancements are not inherently dangerous. The harm always, always comes from how and where it is used. Generative AI likely has demonstrable benefits — although I have not been privy to them — however, it has been opened to the public and is almost solely being used as a poor excuse for Photoshop. The catastrophic effects AI has on mental health, media literacy, and our environment could most probably be managed if it were not being regularly used by billions of people (Cardillo). My point is, there are undoubtedly beneficial ways to utilize tech in the classroom. While observing schools in the LA Unified School District, I d...