In today’s society, there is no escape from technology, nor should there be. As a future teacher, it would be a disservice not to teach my students how to use technology and also incorporate into my teaching. However, I have to be honest, watching the video was a bit intimidating. The words and pictures passed by so quickly that I had trouble keeping up with the images and text, let alone be able to soak in the important intended message. This is kind of how I feel about technology. I am continuously in awe of the endless advances, but I have a hard time keeping up with everything. I find it embarrassing and surprising that I have to teach my struggling father how to "tab over" in Microsoft Excel, but then I am humbled when my driver's education students have to help me with certain "computer issues" I have while teaching their class. Each generation has a step up on the last in regard to understanding and utilizing technology. For teachers, this means they need to be even a step higher than their students. This is formidable for many teachers, so the easy choice seems to be not to integrate it at all. This is unfortunate, because as the video quickly shows, technology allows for so much learning and connectedness.
Just this quarter, our cohort was able to Skype with a graduate student from the University of Washington who is studying in Antarctica. The entire time I was thinking how this experience is so advantageous in so many ways. The rapid transmission of information being exchanged allows or quick learning and also a connection with a real person. It is not information we read from a lifeless article. Overall, technology is becoming limitless and there is so much to gain from it.
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