Ms. Julie's Class

Reflection #2

The first article I read was called: Before Bringing in New Tools, You Must First Bring in New Thinking. This article was about the new age of technology and how ipads, laptops, smart boards and more are starting to come into the classrooms. I agree with him when he was talking about how we are bringing in the new technology to the classrooms and that changes the tools that we use to teach. He also talked about how we need to change the way we think. Teaching our future generation on the new technology I would agree with him about how we as teachers will not always know the answer to everything or how to do everything.

The second article I read was called:Teaching the Right Stuff Not yesterday’s stuff or today’s—but tomorrow’s! In this article he talked about how the times have changed and technology has changed and now is a big part of our education. I thought it was interesting how he said that the three main things he learned when he was in school was how to write a letter, a report and an essay. Now you write emails, make powerpoint presentations, blogs and articles. The technology keeps improving and as educators we have to stay on top of it so we know what all the new stuff is. In this article he talked about three main things of technology  that the students should be learning how to do are working in virtual communities, making videos and programming.