Blog Assignment 3

It's Not About the Technology

Kelly Hines points out in her post that teachers have to be perpetual learners. Technology and trends are constantly changing and kids adapt to those changes just as fast as they happen. If we, as teachers, want to teach them effectively, we have to adapt to those changes too. Children will learn better if the teaching style is up-to-date. One of the newest pieces of technology in classrooms is the SmartBoard. It is not the SmartBoard that is teaching the students though. It is the way the teacher uses the SmartBoard to teach.

Is It Okay to be a Technologically Illiterate Teacher?

I completely agree with this post. If you are not technologically literate, you will probably not be successful, no matter what your profession is. Every job now has something to do with technology. We should be teaching our students about and through technology at an early age. I would definitely say that it's NOT okay for a teacher, or anyone for that matter, to be technology illiterate.

Gary's Social Media Count

This media count shows just how much technology is used. Just about every one in this day and time has a Facebook or Twitter account. I think Facebook and Twitter are great ways for posting assignments and reminders to students and/or parents.

A Vision of Students Today

This video makes an excellent point. Technology can be a good thing because it allows us to do many beneficial things. Take blogging for an example. If it wasn't for technology, we wouldn't be able to communicate and get opinions and ideas from other people across the world, or county for that matter, very easily. But the downside of technology is that people use it to "goof off" too much. Like the people in the video that said they bring their computer to class, but don't do school work on it while they are in class. Others are browsing Facebook or talking on the phone when they could and should be doing homework and studying.