Is technology indeed important in the teaching field , or is it enough with the competence teachers should have to achieve an effective teaching learning process ?

Some educators from the last decades have their own opinion regarding to this question. They argue that technology is not necessary at all ; due to the fact that in the past, there was no technology in the schools and students used to learn just without it. According to them, they just need to have the right competence to be successful in this area; while others do not share the same opinion. Some teachers say that technology is making lazy students and it is somehow risky to have some of them cheating on online evaluations.

In the case of language teachers, most of them agree on the use of technology in the class. They see the difference between those who have been taught through long boring lectures and the ones that learn by using audio visual aids. These educators have observed that technology has accelerated the learning process and their students have felt comfortable by learning through the use of these resources.

Moreover, whenever it´s necessary , technology gets students in real settings ,so it gives the chance to be in contact with the target language; while in the past, there were no books ,no audio ,no computers nor internet access to talk to someone through a video call like up to date. So it is seen that these kind of resources help teachers a lot to work with heterogeneous groups by taking into account their learning styles.

Schools teachers of other subjects, also say that throughout the use of the overhead projector, they get more the students attention, rather than giving a long lecture. Having students see documentaries through videos, can let those students who have problems interpreting texts ,to retain and understand the information easily because they are got into a different way of learning when they see and listen to something that in a way could be their learning style.

In additions to this, technology is not only enclosed in a television, a computer or other electronic gadget. It has to do with all necessary resources and appropriate materials educators might use in the classroom or virtual classrooms throughout sequences of teaching sessions in order to make the teaching learning process easier and effective.

All in all, if the reader analyzes this carefully, it can be said that technology is indeed necessary in the teaching of any subject in the schools or virtual education as well. Teachers must take into account the constructivism theory and connectivism  to choose the best techniques, methodologies and strategies to achieve a good  teaching learning process. If technology is not used in the classroom, if institutions do not get the right didactic resources, nor technology is being used by educators, they are being fossilized and stuck in the old teaching style which will stop students to enhance the acquisition of knowledge of any subject matter. That is why .now a days technology is necessary to have better students ,with better knowledge and critical thinking that will let them be more useful and productive in their societies.