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Views and Experiences with Technology

Just like every person alive today I have benefitted from technology. Technology is one of the most exciting things in the world. Every year I sit back and become amazed at what is being invented or being sold to me. I think technology is expanding the way humans can live their lives. One example of this expansion can be seen when looking at the life span of humans compared to a twenty years ago. Another way technology expands our lives is through information. We no longer have to travel to far away places to hear someone lecture or to see a place in person, we simply must turn on a computer and search the internet. Technology have made life easier for everyone in the world. In my experience with technology I have found how that it is better to use it, then not using it. Technology is created for the purpose of making my life better and easier, and I must say technology certainly does that. Growing up I remember watching television, playing video games, talking on the phone, using appliences around my house, etc... All of that was made possible because of technology. I would consider myself as a novice when it comes to technology and howv they are used. I do still only use the technologies that are familiar with. I need to start looking into bring more technology into my life. I also believe that teacher and schools should give students more access to computer in the classrooms. A computer unlocks an endless world of information to students, allow them to be more creative, and gives them a forum on which to discuss topics that are important to them. Computers should definately be in every classroom in the United States. Every students no matter what the grade will benefit from computers and technology. "Did You Know" media type="custom" key="9912733" This video shows the evolution of technology over the last three years and how it has benefited our society over those years. It highlight a few way in which technology is changing the way people interact with each other and gives us a vision of where it is going in the future. No longer will people be beholden to in organization to give them their news and video. People in our society today have an endless releam of information at their fingers tips, we just simply have to know how to use them. Video Discussions media type="custom" key="9875977" align="center"

This video does a good job of showing how education is still stagnant and not helping students. I enjoyed watching the speech and seeing it come to life through the RSA. Having the speech given to me in that form I am able to see and hear the speech and it comes to me more easily. Sir Robertson thinks outside the box and that is why I find him so interesting. I tend to agree with what he says about the path education is on today, and I agree on his examples of how we can change it.

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Again with this video Sir Robertson does a good job of highlighting a single change that we as educators can do that will benefit the students educations. He beleive as do I, that every student is talented in one form or another. As educators we should give our studnets the opertunity to express their creativety thru many differnt avenues. That is why I believe that the tools I am being taught in this class will come in handy when I am a teacher. Being a history teacher I have to keep the material fresh and new for my students. Technology give me the opertunity to do just that. I see myself assigning my students work and allowing them to choose how it should be finished and turned into me. This will benefit all of my students and allow them to really use their talents and creativity.

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Johnny Lee is gives a excellent of how for just a little amount of money, we as educators can change the technology in our classrooms. By showing us how to use a common piece of technology like a wii remote, we can have our own interactive smart boards. He is right and not every school that we go to will have the money to have smart boards, so using this imformation we can get around that hurdle. I am glad that people like Johnny Lee exist in this world, he does what everyone should do by sharing his discoveries with the public. He does this I believe, because he see the bigger picture when it comes to technology. He believes that everyone should have access to technology and it should be shared.

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This attracted me to it because of the message the speaker is trying to bring to our attention. He focuses on how we can change math to benefit the students, but you can easliy insert his message into any subject. I liked that he wants to get change the focus in school from subject students barely use outside of school, to subjects that will benitfit them in the real world. I want to be a social studies teachers and it will be important for me to relate what we will be learning in history, to issue happening in my students lives. We as educator should be allowed to focus on topic that will benefit our students in the future. I schools students always ask why do I have to learn this, by using this videos message we will have a answer for them. Teacher will be able to point to areas of studies and show their students how to use the imformation and how it benefits them.