Social/Legal Issues of Technology in the Classroom

I think one of the main issues with using technology in the classroom is making sure that, as educators, we find a balance between when to use technology and when the "old fashioned way" would work better. For example, in the book it talked about using virtual field trips as a supplement for the real thing. I think that this could be beneficial to students as long as they are able to still experience field trips outside the school as well. I do not think that teachers should assume that just because students are more involved in technology these days that using a virtual field trip could replace the experience that they would get out of the classroom. This is an important issue because as educators we need to be aware of the various resources that we have that can enhance student learning, however we don't want to be so caught up in using those resources that we lose the use of the more "old fashioned way" teachers used to do things.