My Beliefs

In the Shift Happens video there was a really interesting quote that I think that teachers should always try to remember. "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." There are obviously some problems in our education system, but we can't solve them the same way that we have in the past. As teachers we need to educate our students in technology and with technology because we are the people who are going to solve the problems in our society. The students that we are teaching are going to be the people who are going to solve these problems. Students need to be educated with technology. The Millennials article that we read was very informative because the students want to learn with technology and they know what they need to be able to learn most effectively. I think that most students really do enjoy learning, they are just bored or aren't able to learn in the way that they want to. If we use technology our students will be more engaged and will want to learn, and those are the types of students that will be more successful in their lives and be a benefit to society.

To be able to be a teacher who uses technology I know that I will have to continually reflect on how the technology is working in my class, that is where the NETS come in. I can always refer to the standards to keep in mind what I need to be doing with my class. I also think that the UNI surveys are very useful because they get you thinking about better ways to use the technologies that we have access to. The UNI survey also got me thinking about how important reflection really is, and about the importance of the technology decisions that we will make.