How to integrate technology into our classrooms in a healthy way?

Moderation in some settings in life could be a demotivated technique for the people who aspire to innovate, to reach the top whether in their work or in their studies, to improve their social life, and to fulfill their ambitions. So in that term, moderation can lead to kill the motivation and the creativity of an aspirant person.

On the other hand, in other frameworks, moderation could be seen as the best solution. For instance, it is obvious to see how well the technology invade our society as well as our schools. First, I would like to talk briefly about a seminar I attended one month and a half ago titled "Continuing Professional Development" concerning how to integrate technology in our classrooms such as: white boards, LCD's, active boards with its different types, laptops, I-pads, e-books, and internet. And it was really so beneficial to update our knowledge about new technological devices used in the classroom in order to help both the children and as well as the teacher. In respect to the students, using technology help to engage them more in the instruction, they become more active learners, and active in research, projects and presentations. Furthermore, the technological tools allow them to be intellectually challenged and refine their analysis and problem solving skills. The teachers in this way become facilitators and guides to their students, as well as the technology itself facilitates their jobs because it offers them helpful interesting and effective ways to meet the needs of different types of learners, so the more the students are engaged and interested the more the teacher's tasks is facilitated. Actually, all those interesting devices should be accompanied with an equipment, high bandwidth which in turns costs a lot, unfortunately, in our country. Moreover, the teachers should be very well trained in order to meet the desired targets. However, I believe the the most useful device, regardless it costs, is the i-pads, that should replace the heavy books but at the same time remain the pen and paper the main key for assignments, exams, and other activities. So that's why we have to be moderate when integrating technology in our classrooms because we should stick with things that really related to the traditional learning ways, such as the paper and pen tools.