When reading chapter one of “Rethinking Education” I thought a lot about the role technology has on teaching and learning. Technology is no longer a luxury but more often a necessity in everyday career and school life. Chapter one demonstrates the importance of teaching with technology and how if you don’t, you are leaving your children behind and often times the parents will move them into an environment where technology is more integrated into everyday lessons. This has made me think differently about what kind of teacher I want to be and what I want my approach as a teacher to look like, and I really want to keep technology a big part of everyday activity. I believe that if you don’t embrace new technology you will be left behind, and as a teacher if you don’t let your students embrace it, you will be the one responsible for holding them back and not helping them to progress in the never ending progression of technology. Looking back, I never had many courses on technology and very few of my classes included technology beyond Microsoft Word or Power Point, and now I feel lost often times when trying to work with technology. I get frustrated easily and often times feel as though I am behind my peers; I can’t help but wonder if I would have had more opportunities to use and learn about technology at a younger age I wouldn’t feel this way, and that is why as a teacher I am going to try my hardest for my students to never feel as if they aren’t as “good” as their peers in anything especially technology.
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