The big talk is about how we should become teachers for the future. Meaning that we should be picking up tricks and technological uses for our students once we graduate. Big talk on how about a GOOD 21st century teacher has to use technology in their classroom. There are some ways that I agree with this and some ways that I don't agree with it. There are some technology that I approve of such as an overhead or the computer to be used for writing papers at home and what not. On the other hand, we don't need new top priced merchandizing. Our society is coming up with new types of technology all the time and if we want to stay current then we would be buying new technology services every year or every other year. There are so many different types of new technology that can help us in our world of teaching, but I think that a lot of them can be substituted in others ways in which we don't need to use technology. Blogging for example is in comparison to writing journals, and you could easily do it either way depending on what views you have as a teacher. I find that technology is what is going to make us better teachers because it is what is "in" now, and will just be upcoming also. "Teachers who use technology frequently report greater benefits to student learning, engagement and skills from technology than teachers who spend less time using technology to support learning." (http://www.waldenu.edu/News-and-Events/36572.htm)With all of this technology, we really don't know where we are going to go from here. We know that it is going to keep growing and it is never going to be stopped, but figuring out how to keep it and integrate certain things into our classrooms is a different story.
Photos credits to:
http://media.photobucket.com/image/mac+laptop+/IzzyMattapan7/Mac-Laptop.jpg
and
http://www.hitechsphere.com/2010/07/
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