Blog 8

Using technology in the classroom is very important as seen in this section of the book. A great point is made by the author that students know a lot about technology, and we can actually learn from them. I know that when I was in high school I knew a lot more than most of my teachers did. We often had to help them. We never used anything more than the internet in school. My town wasn’t use to change and they were not into using technology in the schools. I remember some teachers SMARTboard in their classes. The school board was not happy because none of the teachers in the high school wanted to use them. They preferred to use the white board and said that the SMARTboard was too much for them to learn and it wasn’t worth it. After taking the instructional technology class here at ONU I learned a lot of ways to effectively incorporate technology in my classroom because I know it will help to enhance the student’s learning. I’m glad that we had to take a class on it because it made me realize how important technology can be and this chapter only reinforced it. I can only imagine what kind of technology there will be once I become a teacher. I know that everything I have learned so far about technology has been important but how much will it change. Will I use blogs in my class? Will I have students use various forms of technology? All I can say is that I will use whatever forms of technology I have to in order to help my students succeed. I feel like my teachers refusing to change from their old ways did not allow us to fully reach our potential and get the most out of the class as we could.