My Beliefs about Technology and Learning

           Technology in the classroom is vital in today's world of teaching. Teachers need to be able to utilize these forms of technology in the classroom. Computers and iPads are becoming a key part in classrooms. These are being used for research in the classroom for assignments. Smart boards are now replacing the chalk board and whiteboard and are an easier tool for teachers to show how to do problems and where to find information on research. Technology will be the future as kindles are now replacing textbooks and that can save districts money to divert elsewhere. I honestly do believe that technology will be vital to the classroom of the future. Yes many things need to be done without technology like solving some math problems without a calculator and writing cursive. Just look back at high school and how much technology was in the classroom. You had laptops, overhead projectors, and smart boards. Schools are starting to move beyond just these few things to using ipods, ipads, kindles, and twitter. We have to become familiar with all of these tools to be able to enhance the learning of our students. By using blogs you can create a classroom community where your students can be engaged and share ideas back and forth to each other. As a teacher I look forward to incorporate multiple modes of technology in my classroom. This will enable me to do different activities within the classroom with those modes of technology.