Technology and Education

            Everyone involved in the education system hopes to create an environment and use strategies that will provide students with the best education possible.  For this reason, there are theories and practices introduced every year in a multitude of schools.  One theory, in particular, that was introduced in this article involved the combination of a very intense academic and technical instruction with the best technology that is out there.  At William T. McFatter Technical High School the student population is only about six hundred students, or one hundred and fifty per grade.  It is a private program which recruits students who they feel will benefit from such a rigorous academic schedule.  The intention of the school is to prepare students with the required abilities to succeed in a technical workplace.  One of the most important aspects of this school is the efficient use of the best technology that is out there.  It is important to use technology and use it correctly in order to produce the greatest results.

            The article only focuses on the success they had at their technical school by introducing state-of-the-art technology, but I feel that it would be beneficial to all school.  I think implementing more and better technology into schools is a great idea.  I think that our students can benefit greatly from being able to use the new and exceptional technical advances that come about each year.  I personally have never attended a technical school, but for those who do attend it is even more critical that they be using the technology that they will see when they get out into the real world.  Technology can do so much and it would be a shame to not take advantage of the vast amount of great stuff that is out there.

 

Blasik, Katherine, Williams, Richard G., Johnson, Jeanette, Boegli, D. Robert (2004).  “The Marriage of Rigorous Academics and Technical Instruction with State-of-the-Art Technology: A Success Story of the William T. McFatter Technical High School.”  High School Journal 87.  2: 44-56.  Retrieved April 21, 2004, from <http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=11742633&db=afh>