My Philosophy About Integrating Technology Into The Classroom

According to our textbook, I am part of the Millennial generation, although just barely. I grew up still using card catalogues at the library and printing with a Dot Matrix. It has been fascinating, over the course of my life, to see how technology has changed the way people interact and communicate with each other. Some changes I have adopted, such as shopping or researching online, others, like social media, have simply passed me by, until now. In current and future classrooms, I believe technology should be used copiously, yet judiciously.  Classroom technology should enhance the presentation of information and allow students with a wide array of learning styles to access education in a way best suited to their particular needs and preferences. Educational technology should not, however, replace the teacher. Although technology offers many new ways to interact with information, I firmly believe there is an integral human to human component in education; teachers not only instruct, they also provide opportunity for intelligent, intellectual discourse in a supportive atmosphere that students may not experience at home.