Technology good

So I just watched a video about a pretty awesome teacher from south Georgia. This teacher has, in my opinion, set the standard for how other teachers should try and integrate technology into their classrooms, and stress the importance of technology to their students. This teacher has taught good digital citizenship, made the students learn things under their own direction, and shown that a lot can be accomplished with a good knowledge base in technology. If you're interested, you can watch the video here.

Now I'll begin this portion by first saying that I am no longer on track to become a teacher, as I have changed my course of study. That being said, I will still give my opinion on why technology is important, and how teachers can utilize it.

A lot of the recent advances in technology are really great. New ways for students to become fully engaged in lessons and in the classroom are really great, and there is no doubt that this will greatly benefit students of all learning types. Getting students to be hands on is important. Gone are the days where a high school teacher stands up and lectures for 30 minutes and then leaves the class to do their work (they'll get plenty of that in college). Now more focus is being put into letting students do more digital exploring and figuring things out for themselves.

The teacher in the video also understands the importance of teaching good digital citizenship. Now days, most students have access to the internet...heck, a good number have a smart phone that can do everything a computer does, and that's not a bad thing.In the following link, it says that 40 % of all mobile phones in the United States are smart phones These students have access to VAST amounts of information, and it is very important they learn how to use that privilege responsibly.