In chapter 10 we read a lot about the different shifts taking place in the world of education today. I really liked going in depth to some of these especially when they started talking about tests. And how administering tests to students might not be assessing their ability to apply this information to a real life situation in the future. Instead we think that just because a student recieved a "passing" grade on a test, it means they know or "mastered" the material and are able to apply it independently in real life situations. This however is not the way it is, and we should be doing something to change that. Reading this chapter also allowed me to really think about all of the different tools and technology we have learned about and how and which ones I will or want to use in my classroom someday. I was very intrigued by the epilogue and how it explained an actual teacher who uses technology in his classroom. I felt like this was very helpful to me becuase not only was it a good example to compare and think about as a future teacher, but I was shocked at how many of these different tools he was using in his classroom and how he used them all in a relatively short period of time. This showed me that with practice, I too will be able to master these tools and bring many of them into my future classroom.
This reading obviously affects my future teaching because it is having me do critical thinking about what I want my classroom to be like and what kind of tools and technology I for sure want to bring into my lessons and my classroom, and it gave me more confidence as a future teacher that I will be able to not only use this technology and these tools, but I will be able to teach my students about it and use it in my classroom.
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