Yesterday's Classroom and Today's Classroom! Which is Better?

I decided to write this blog in response to the video that Dr. Luongo posted on her blog. Let's face it, technology is changing the world as we know it, and as teachers we are going to have to learn how to use all the new technology. However, just because technology is on the rise does not mean that everything in the classroom has to change in order to work. There are many things that all students should be able to do without technology; for instance all students should know how to add, subtract,multiply,divide, and other simple math problems without the use of a calculator. they should also know how to read and write properly without technology. However, I also think that it is important for students to know how to use a calculator, because there is math that cannot be done with just pencil and paper.
The classrooms that we see now and will start to see in the future also are important. There are so many things that we have learned just by using the Internet. One thing that I really want to do when I start teaching is have a pen pal system with students in another state, but hopefully eventually in another country and with the technology we have today it makes that so much easier.
In today's world I think the best way to run an effective classroom is to combine both worlds of education. If students only know how to work off of machines they are not really learning because the machine is essentially doing all the work for them. Also if all the technology that we have were to disappear tomorrow they would need to know how to work with out technology. On the other hand the technology and machines are all around us and they can do things that people cannot do on their own like connect us to other countries in a matter of a few minutes or seconds.
So Which Classroom is Better? I can honestly say that I do not know, and I think that it is truly impossible in today's world to have one without the other.