Beginning of semester reflection (required)

Technology plays a very vital role in today's world. It has created significant boosts in global economies, communication, scientific discoveries, evangelism, recreation, and more. As a result, almost every job that exists for people in the world today has been affected by technolgy and most likely involves technology in some way. Therefore, I believe that students who are in school right now will need to use technology in any of their future jobs. If the main intent of education is to further one's knowledge and prepare them for their future, then technology should be an active part of their current learning experience everyday within the classroom.
Regarding the global use of technology, it is important for teachers to realize that while they prepare their students for the future, their students are already technologically savvy, perhaps much more than the teachers themselves. Students are not as naivve at teachers may be tempted to think regarding the possibilities that technology allows. Today's students sit in school all day but then go home to a world at their fingertips, quite literally, since their cell phones and computers are so close.
As a teacher, I want to incorporate technology into my classroom as best as I can so that the children I am teaching can get the most benefit out of this technological era. For example, if there is a science experiment that could involve current technology in some way, I think that my students would learn best if I incorporated it in my lesson. I would love to order tools for my classroom that would allow the students to interact (either online or hands on) with the material they are learning. While I am not suggesting that every student spend all day in a classroom on a computer, I think that computers in every classroom could be very helpful for some potential activities. Overall, I am excited to be a teacher in today's fast-moving world. I hope to teach the subjects of literature, history, science, math, reading, and others in such a way that the information comes alive for my perceptive, elementary students.