"Generation IM"
In reading this artical, I was so amazing at the amount of technology young children use these days and at such young ages! It honestly makes my head spin. When I was little I read books, danced ballet, and played outside. Once in a while my family had "movie night", but I did not start using the computor or telephone regularly until I was in high school and forced to. I know it is going to be a challenge for me to adjust my thinking in how to integrate technology into my class room, because I can see that it is very important for their learning. I really apreciate that at the end of the artical they gave so many great ideas on how to intergrate technology into your class room.
I want my students to see what they are learning and how they are learning as aplicable and interesting. I know that if I can use interesting technology strategies in my class room, this will help their interest in learning. This will be a stretch for me, but I am so glad that articles like this can help me se where I need to improve.
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Natalie, (I just typed all this out and it didn't post so if you all of a sudden have two comments from me on this..Sorry!) Anyway what I said was I agree with you it is so crazy how much technology children grow up with today. Although, I think I may have had a little more technology growing up than you mentioned, as my elementary school had computers we all used, I still did not remember really using a lot of it until junior high or high school. The kids I babysit seem to have every piece of new technology the second it comes out. It is just crazy, and although I do think this is a bit unnecessary and ridiculous, it is all really cool and it amazes me how great technology has become. As a teacher I think it is very necessary to include technology in the classroom to teach and to better connect with the students.
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