Using technology in the classroom is becoming more of a norm as the years continue on. As technology becomes more accessible to the common citizen, I believe that its availability influences teachers and students to use it in the classroom. Students are learning how to use a vital tool that will help them in whatever career path they choose, and teachers can use it to make the content more interesting for students and hold their attention for longer periods of time. Also, technology can fill gaps that teachers may have. Students always have questions that teachers do not know the answer to, and technology makes answers to those questions easy to come by.
The ISTE standards for students and teachers are very realistic when relating it back to today's society. The standards are reachable for both groups, but they're not too easy to achieve. Each standard provokes thought and desire in people to want to absorb all that technology can teach them. Specifically, I find the teacher standard of a Collaborator to be especially important because it shows the importance of spending time with peers to learn off them. The indicator of using collaborative tools to expand real-world experiences is what I focused on because I believe that putting students in realistic experiences is vital in their education, and students don't have to listen to one person to tell them that something is true. Because it's so easy to read about our world and not think it's applicable to our reality, I believe that collaborating with other educators to show students that the things they are learning have a purpose is important because it gives the students a reason to care.
Furthermore, I believe that the label "digital native" for today's youth is an almost perfect description. To be a digital native means to have a relationship with technology with it being almost entirely easy to use. Also, it means that someone has grown up in the technology world, so he or she was pretty much constantly surrounded by some sort of electronic. Digital natives are different than digital immigrants because they are almost fluent, whereas immigrants have to learn how to use technology effectively. Therefore, because most of today's youth knows how to use technology and own it themselves, I think the label encompasses a part of our culture that is vital to defining how we live. In truth, I have seen differences between students and teachers with technology fluency. With students, the trend is that they already know how to use technology, or they are able to learn quicker than the adults. With teachers, I have noticed that it takes longer to learn how to use technology, and they're usually apprehensive with changing their teaching styles to incorporate more creative technology uses. My learning experience was fine how it was, but I believe that if teachers were more receptive to new technology, then I would have been able to learn more about current society and have had a little more fun with what I was learning. In terms of what I anticipate for my future students and me, I have no idea what to expect. The only reference I have is the new technology that only the upper class have access to right now becoming a norm in the classroom. Because I will eventually turn into a digital immigrant, I want to always stay open to new technological ideas.
The ISTE standards for students and teachers are very realistic when relating it back to today's society. The standards are reachable for both groups, but they're not too easy to achieve. Each standard provokes thought and desire in people to want to absorb all that technology can teach them. Specifically, I find the teacher standard of a Collaborator to be especially important because it shows the importance of spending time with peers to learn off them. The indicator of using collaborative tools to expand real-world experiences is what I focused on because I believe that putting students in realistic experiences is vital in their education, and students don't have to listen to one person to tell them that something is true. Because it's so easy to read about our world and not think it's applicable to our reality, I believe that collaborating with other educators to show students that the things they are learning have a purpose is important because it gives the students a reason to care.
Furthermore, I believe that the label "digital native" for today's youth is an almost perfect description. To be a digital native means to have a relationship with technology with it being almost entirely easy to use. Also, it means that someone has grown up in the technology world, so he or she was pretty much constantly surrounded by some sort of electronic. Digital natives are different than digital immigrants because they are almost fluent, whereas immigrants have to learn how to use technology effectively. Therefore, because most of today's youth knows how to use technology and own it themselves, I think the label encompasses a part of our culture that is vital to defining how we live. In truth, I have seen differences between students and teachers with technology fluency. With students, the trend is that they already know how to use technology, or they are able to learn quicker than the adults. With teachers, I have noticed that it takes longer to learn how to use technology, and they're usually apprehensive with changing their teaching styles to incorporate more creative technology uses. My learning experience was fine how it was, but I believe that if teachers were more receptive to new technology, then I would have been able to learn more about current society and have had a little more fun with what I was learning. In terms of what I anticipate for my future students and me, I have no idea what to expect. The only reference I have is the new technology that only the upper class have access to right now becoming a norm in the classroom. Because I will eventually turn into a digital immigrant, I want to always stay open to new technological ideas.
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