Technology is constantly changing the way we live and learn. When I was younger, in elementary school, the most recent technology that influenced the way I was learning was computers. During that time, computers were in more of the beginning stage; and since my elementary years, computers and their technology have come a long way. When I was younger, I used to imagine where the technology of computers would be when I was in high school and college. I thought that by the time I was in high school, we would all be taking notes and doing all of our assignments on our computers, instead of on paper - which is partly the way it is in colleges, right now. Technology has always had a huge influence on education, and will certainly continue to change and influence education.
Technology is being changed and updated every day. This advancement in technology has an influence in our lives, as well as our education. Over the years technology such as laptops, smart boards, white boards, projectors, etc... have had a huge effect in the way we are able to teach, as well as learn; and as the years continue to go by, technology is inevitable to advance, along with an advancement in our education.
I appreciated what you had to say about technology changing on a day to day basis. So not only do we need to be able to understand and incorporate the technology that is available to classrooms now, we need to be prepared to learn how to use various pieces of technology as it becomes available to us.
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ReplyDeleteYes, I remember what it was like back in elementary. So much has changed since then, and I can remember thinking about technology in the future. I never thought that technology would be so intertwined with education today, but it is almost impossible to have one without the other. I know that technology is advancing and it is taking education with it. As educators I know we must be prepared to teach that.
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