My Beliefs

I have many different feelings and beliefs on the integration of technology. I can see how beneficial it can be, but I can also see issues along with that too. Technology is great because it is how people live today. It can get students more active and engaged in their learning. It also can simply make learning fun. It makes communication with parents, colleges, and students much easier, etc. These are great things, and they are things that I want in my classroom.

With that being said, I am still through all I have learned fairly skeptical about the use of technology, especially if not carefully monitored. One students can easily get distracted on things like the internet and it can make learning much more difficult. Another reason (and this is big to me) is simply having the supplies accessible. One things that I learned really well in field is that computer time is not something easy to come by. There's only so many computer labs in a school with a lot of classes, and trying to get time to do projects can be hard. If you're in a less wealthy school you may not be able to use many forms of technology without spending the money yourself.

Over all I think that technology integration is a great idea and should be used whenever able. I just think that it can be hard to come by, and maybe through more experience, I will have more ideas of integration that would be easy and cheap to use with the curriculum. Who knows we have an ever changing technological world.