Personal Philosophy Paper

 

Personal Philosophy Paper Assignment

Lauren Vaughan

School of Education, Liberty University

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Author Note

Lauren Vaughan

I have no known conflict of interest to disclose.

Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Lauren Vaughan. Email: lvaughan19@gmail.com

 

Personal Philosophy Paper Assignment

Technology has become a vital part of education in recent years. Everything educators use as a tool should be for the betterment of the student. Its purpose is to enhance the learning experience of the student. Because of the recent turn to online learning, technology has been forced even more into the education system. Students have access to education wherever and whenever due to online learning. Because of that technology has been labeled as an essential and critical tool (Lai et al., 2022). Because of Covid-19, the classroom will never be the same. Teachers were forced quickly to integrate technology. Now, whether good or bad technology is here to stay (King, 2022). “The changes in learning patterns are required to perform the update following the dynamics of the changing times of increasingly rapid developments triggered by technology” (Sudarsana, 2019).

There are positives to having technology in the classroom to help students learn. Students are surrounded by technology daily so it would seem reasonable to incorporate technology that they know into their learning process. Changes in learning patterns are a must with changes in technology. Education is extremely important for knowledge, and it must utilize technology that is rapidly changing (Sudarsana, 2019).

Incorporating technology into the classroom is neither moral nor immoral. However, we have been given technology and because of that, we should be good stewards of what we have been given. God created Earth and we are to look after it and take care of it. We are stewards of His creation. It says in I Peter 4:10, “Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms” (Bible Verses About Stewardship - Stewards of His Creation in Scripture, n.d.). A second biblical defense of technology is that we are called to discernment. The Bible is the source for discernment. We should look to God for wisdom and insight. We see this in scripture through 1 Corinthians 2:14. “The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned” (GotQuestions.org, 2022).  We can use the Holy Spirit to help us discern what is right in our daily lives and in our classrooms. The third biblical defense of technology is knowledge. Using our brains to learn more about knowledge will change the trajectory of our classrooms. When we take the time to learn new skills and technology, we are able to incorporate it and our students have the opportunity to learn more (King, 2022). 2 Timothy 3:7 says, Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth” (2 Timothy 3:7 (NIV), n.d.).

As I have been in the classroom for three years, each year I have tried to incorporate new technology into learning and lessons. Our school provides laptops for our students, and we use those almost daily in College 103. I bought my own smart board, and it has created many more opportunities for learning. I’m able to use it for simple PowerPoint presentations but also to have videos for further teaching. Students use their laptops or phones to play interactive games like Blookit and Kahoot. Using technology has helped with discipline as well. I use an online form when I need to make contact with parents to keep records.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

References

2 Timothy 3:7 (NIV). (n.d.). Bible Gateway. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Timothy%203:7&version=NIV

Bible Verses about Stewardship - Stewards of His Creation in Scripture. (n.d.). biblestudytools.com. https://www.biblestudytools.com/topical-verses/bible-verses-about-stewardship/

GotQuestions.org. (2022, January 4). GotQuestions.org. https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-discernment.html

King, R. J., Schoenleber, C., & Mack, D. (2022). Best Practices and Biblical Worldview for Technology Integration. International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal, 17(2). DOI: https://doi.org/ 10.55221/1932-7846.1295

Lai, J. W. M., De Nobile, J., Bower, M., & Breyer, Y. (2022). Comprehensive evaluation of the use of technology in education – validation with a cohort of global open online learners. Education and Information Technologies, 27(7), 9877-9911. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-022-10986-w

Sudarsana, I. K., I Putu Adi, W. P., Anam, F., Istianti, T., Moses Glorino, R. P., Gita, W. B., Listiawan, T., Saddhono, K., Abdullah, D., Cathrin, S., Hadjri, M. I., & Laili, N. R. (2019). The Function Of Technology And Device Laptop For Education Purpose. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1363(1)https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1363/1/012062