This has been a very interesting week technologically speaking. I have enjoyed the readings and videos this week but struggled with technology on the work side. We have experienced the down side of technology in schools with loosing our filter. That lead to the Internet being down not only for teachers, staff but students as well. The timing of that was interesting at least.
When we as technology educators loose our "lifeline" aka the Internet we are at a loss. I use the Internet for just about everything I do with my job and my own personal school. It was quite interesting to go almost 2 days with little or no Internet connectivity. It made me really appreciate using the Internet in class.
This brought to mind the video "Harness Your Students' Digital Smarts" where Vicki Davis was interviewed. She states "I believe every student can learn. Every child can learn. But where children have trouble is when you have only paper and only pencil then only certain types of children are going to succeed." A light really went on in my head hearing her say this. Quite frankly I was a teacher long before classrooms had computers and the Internet and always thought every child could learn with paper and pencil. I realized how far we have come in helping ALL students succeed and be successful in school. Technology is not just there to enhance learning it is there for learning and making sure that every child learns in the way that is best for them.
I believe that look on technology in education has grown through this course. I now see many ways that I can help teachers in my district make sure that every child succeeds and many ways that I can show them to make sure technology is a helper for all students.
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