This reading really makes me rethink my mentality on technology’s role in teaching and learning. I really thought that schools were implementing too much technology. Every paper had to include online databases, all had to be word processed and sent through an online plagiarism “checker.” To me I thought the technology was kind of cool but really just a waste of time. However, after reading this article I guess the trends of schools are completely the opposite of what I thought. According to our readings we are under a second revolution. This revolution needs us to teach our students the advantage and abilities that the ever expanding technologies allow us to have. If these readings are true and our world is changing and becoming more and more dependent on technology then it is our responsibility as teachers to help them. I believe it is our job to prepare our students for the future and the future is technology.
As a direct result of this new thinking I will try to adjust my classroom to try and include technology and all its helpful tools. Going into special needs my students may not be very dependent on technology to help them in their future. However, I have the ability to use technology to help them learn. So using my new thinking about technology I will try and learn about the new tools that help the classroom setting. By learning this hopefully I can use technology to help my students.
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