Why integrate technology

With the ever changing role of technology in our society, I believe it is part of our role as educators to encourage and teach using technology. There is no question that first calculators took over mental math and now computers are over ruling hand writing, or reading a book from the library is replaced by an article on the Internet. On the other hand it gives children with disadvantages the ability to work as their peers, it allows more interactive and exciting lessons. It also allows teachers to prepare lessons that they once had to hand write on the board wasting valuable time in the classroom. So with pro and cons the educator of the classroom needs to asses the outcome of integrating technology into their room.