Can technology be a bad thing?

Today there is still a computer class because we are in the process of shifting over to technology. Right now we are learning about the tools so that we can better learn how to use them for learning. Most of the articles talked about how we need to stop saying the word technology and I agree. People are hung up on that word and think that if something is typed, you have automatically used technology. Technically they are correct, but that technology didn't enrich their learning. Teachers are at a little bit of a disadvantage because we didn't grow up with Youtube and Facebook. I didn't get a computer in my house until I was in high school. I was trained how the articles said not to train teachers - in a lab with no students. I have to say I am getting better at simply finding something meaningful to the curriculum, explaining to my class what the purpose of the assignment is, and letting them loose. We can learn together. Since I teach 2nd grade, I think we do need the computer class to teach typing, placement of the hands, how to navigate a page, etc. because most of my students don't know how to do that. Unless they have been on a website before and it's mostly clicking, they can't figure it out on their own. However, I do have another piece of technology that the students and I both use. It is the Interwrite. I am able to write on it, pass it to them, and have them write on it as well for the whole class to see. We make proofreading marks, circle the verb, manipulate base 10 blocks, and all kinds of things. I will say I did have to force myself to use it, but now I use it everyday! I think anything new and different will take time and you have to want to make the effort. Overall I think people are confused about what integrating technology really means and that is a huge reason it is not integrated into the classroom.