Tech+Integration

When I am told that today’s technology is cutting edge and has changed everything, I tend to tune out. This is the reason why I enjoyed the You Tube video “Did you know 4.0 “so much. The statements I hear from professors about technology becomes so common, I become desensitized to it, so to hear the straight facts about how much it truly has changed the way our whole culture operates is astounding. For example, I had no idea that You Tube has more videos then the last 2 months then ABC, NBC, and CBS have shown since 1948. I had no idea so many people had so much to say all at once! This truly shows me and all other future educators how important technology truly is. Things only seem to be improving and spreading faster and faster in modern times, that in order to be an effective educator, we need to be on top of it. Just as I’ve never known a world without the internet, the same thing will be true for the next generation with tomorrows technologies, and so I must keep up in order to reach the student on their own terms, not mine. Who knows, one day I may be talking about the day that we first discovered some great technology, and I will be sharing what seems like ancient history with my students. (Pen and paper? What’s that?)