My Beliefs

Call me old fashioned, but sometimes I do get nervous that technology is making us less and less in-tune with ourselves and others, despite it's effectiveness in connecting us with people immediately through text, facebook, etc. I have enjoyed with Instructional media class and the resources that are now available for me to use as a teacher in the classroom. I believe that these resources will reach a broader range of students and benefit them in their studies. Technology is definitely great for education. According to the NETS AND UNI standards, teachers should always be using technology to create, teach, evaluate, and assess the students. The combination of both of these standards made it seem a bit overkill.

There are many good things with technology and I figure it's inevitable to avoid the jumps that it's making each day. But will there be a point where we all stop talking because we are having video conferences and we never go outside because we can enjoy everything virtually? Are we making students even more dependent on technology? When they are done with their homework on the computer will they go outside and play, or play an interactive game online and chat with facebook friends? I think we need to be careful of how we present these materials in the classroom and make sure that students don't become absolutely dependent on having a computer for their school survival.