Teaching has always faced a significant number of problems and some of them were even mentioned by Jan Amos Comenius. The founder of modern pedagogy dealt with tedious and boring lessons in a similar manner as the current generations of pedagogical specialists do today. Century old proven teaching methods of simulation and role play therefore appear at schools in order to bring life to teaching and to increase motivation of students. Nevertheless, in contemporary era, these techniques are used in a different context. This piece of writing focuses attention to the technological aspect of teaching and to the difficulties emerging due to the use of new technologies. The text also shows how the current media deal with the problems and how some technologies are used in teaching.