Week Three Reflection CI5351

I have so many emotions regarding the use of technology in K-12 schools. I go back and forth as to how much technology should be used and for what reasons. I have questions as to the best ways to use it and how I should include my kids in the usage. Assessment questions come to rise as well. Even with all of these questions, I still find technology the way to the future. I believe it will give our kids the most opportunities in their careers and professions. I don’t believe there are many jobs in our society that don’t include some sort of technology. I want my kids to be computer literate and to know how to make an orange spin on a PowerPoint or add an audio file to a Moviemaker video.
So how do you include technology in your classroom? These past three weeks I have been able to brush up on my technology skills- I have learned new concepts to add to old knowledge. This is something I have enjoyed, marveled in, wanted to throw my computer out the window, and been excited about. I am on a kick of wan to incorporate technology into everything I do. Last semester I took a technology course that focused on incorporating media literacy into the curriculum, so this is just something else I can add to that knowledge. How exciting!!!
I don’t have all of the answers to the right ways of going about making my room more technologically advanced, but I feel I have some great starting spots. The $1500.00 grant money got me thinking about what I would buy if I were ever given the opportunity. I think the draft I turned in was just that, a draft. I thought it was a great assignment to get me thinking about what I would do if I had a chance like the one presented to me. I would change a lot of my choices, but would find it extremely hard to make the final decisions.
I have found technology to be my friend and my enemy these past three weeks. I’m not sure what I like best, but I am glad that I have the option of having it around.