Blog Post 1

       As I watched the video, Reimaging Technology, I realized how much of our technology in education is just normal, classic teaching but in a digital form. This is exactly how technology was used in my classes growing up. The technology was not used to help students that were falling behind  to succeed or to improve the schools test scores . It was just to show us a different form of teaching. But, if schools were to use the advances in technology to their students advantage, then our students could succeed in all aspects of learning and actually understand the lessons better rather than learning without technology.
       This video has taught me a lot about what I want to do in my future classroom. Each student is different and special in their own way, but the traditional form of teaching does not meet each students needs. Using technology in my classroom will help me make sure that each student has a chance to succeed without falling behind their peers. Also, this will provide a variety of ways for students to learn. Some children learn better by listening and doing their work on their own, while others retain more information by reading and working with others. This will help make sure all students learn their way, so no one is falling behind.  Lastly, instead of giving back final grades at the end of the semester, I would want to continuously give feedback to my students and their parents, so that we may fix the problem before it is to late. Why would we give report cards to children after the time has already passed for them to bring up the grade? I want to let students know when their grade is falling so we can see where the issue is rather than wait till last minute. Research has shown how much technology is helping students be more successful in their school. Why should we wait any longer? Let's begin to use technology to our best ability so we can help our children thrive.