Teachers Learn Too

I know I get tired of learning in the same old way all the time and whenever I can learn with something new I am almost embarrassingly excited.  As a teacher, we should be just as excited to teach with these new technologies. If we aren’t excited, how can we expect our students to be excited? The beauty about becoming a teacher is that you have the freedom to experiment with the newest technologies to engage your class.

The crazy thing about technology is that it never stops. Once you master a technology, a new one has already been introduced. This week I was familiarized with a few of the newest technologies that can be used as creative tools for teaching. Websites that go beyond note taking and keep the students interested.  Exploring all of these new sites and technologies has helped me to see that just sticking with the technologies that you know is robbing your students of new and imaginative ways of learning. Using different methods keeps the students interested and helps keep you as the teacher from losing interest as well. I really enjoyed learning about the different ways that I can make lesson plans and use different resources on the internet to teach my class. I can’t wait to try Prezi and see the looks on my students’ faces.

Chalkboards to Smartboards

I’ve wanted to be a teacher since I was in first grade. Day by day I am getting closer to this childhood dream. Technology and teaching methods have changed drastically since I discovered I wanted to be a teacher many years ago. I learned with blocks, flannel graphs, and chalkboards. Today the majority of learning and teaching occurs with computers, smart boards, and ipads.  Although the technologies have changed, my passion for wanting to teach has not.

 With technology constantly changing teaching methods in the years to come will be dramatically altered. Teacher and students will be made to learn how to operate the newest gadgets and learning tools. The technologies we already have are continually being improved and modified. More classes will focus around technology and learning how to use the technology. Instead of working on handwriting incessantly, typing will be more of a concentration. Tests and worksheets on paper are soon to become extinct. I predict that in the near future almost all school work will be done on the computer. It’s almost inevitable with the innovations of today. Many of the technologies I used in my early years of education are no longer in use. Technology will alter education in the years to come.