Chapter 1
The concept that I am choosing to briefly describe is on how big of a role technology really does have in Education. I can really reflect on this topic because I was born in the generation that is described in the book in the 90s where no one really grows up without some sort of learning technology piece even as a toddler. I think that this will impact me as a teacher because I am so familiar with today's technology and how popular it is now a days. Although I am quite aware that there will always be so much more to learn about technology on a daily basis. I believe that growing up when I did will impact me as a teacher in a positive way because of being so familiar.
Another concept that I am going to point out will be on computers. People do not really realize how much computers really do for us, unfortunately many of us take them for granted. I can relate to this most certainly because ever since grade school I have been using computers not really caring about what they are doing for me as long as the computer is processing what I an telling it to do in a timely manner. This will impact me as a teacher because I will be able to realize and explain to my students how awesome computers really are and that no one should take them for granted.
The third concept that I would like to address would be about "21st century skills." Every year, even day that goes by, something newer/ better comes out. The more skills that we have as teachers the better we will be at informing our students about today's society in technology. I believe that this will impact me as a teacher because I will always be doing my absolute best to continue my skills with learning the new technology that comes out so I am up to date and on the same level as my students.
Overall in Chapter 1 there was so many things that I learned already. I am so excited to be able to read more in this textbook because there is a bunch that I need to figure out on how to become a successful teacher. I didn't even think about how much technology was really used until I read this chapter, you really don't think about it until you sit down and read about how much technology is used in today's schools.
Resources:
Edwards, S., & Woolf, B. (2007). Transforming Learning with new technologies (2nd ed., p. 355). Boston: Pearson.
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