Technology+Integration

After watching the video about the GenerationYes which teacher gets tech tips from students, I realized that as a former Apple employee and got trained on many Apple products and technology, if I do not keep learning about the technology and how to use it in my classroom, it will be so hard to learn them after I become a teacher. The video I watched showed me how advance and savvy the students are with technology. In the video, the students were giving some tips and teach the student teachers what they should do in order to integrate technology to their lesson plans. I liked the video because, it made me excited to work with such bright students and I like challenge and I always enjoyed learning. I learned from the video that If I will be a teacher of these very intelligent students, I constantly need improve my knowledge about computer technology to be able to have something to teach them.

I see that technology is a part of today’s education. It is not something I can teach by itself or something I can teach once a week. Last semester, I volunteered in a elementary school in my neighborhood and most of the time I was in the computer lab assisting teachers. First day, we had second grade students in the lab, which I found very amazing the amount of things they knew. It showed me how important for teachers to have the knowledge of technology in order to become an effective teacher. As a teacher, I am planning to teach and give my students online writing, reading, spelling and new vocabulary assignments. I will courage them to use the computers often. I will also attend to conventions, seminars etc. that related with education and technology that I can use in my lesson plans.