Technology+Integration

The very first assignment of the semester was to watch a video from the Video Library, and then write a reflection about the video we selected to watch and detailing what we liked about the video, what learned from it regarding technology integration, the importance of technology integration in modern day classrooms, and how we, as teachers, would integrate technology into our own classrooms.

I chose to watch a video title "Did You Know 4.0," which can be found[| here]. The following is my response to it:


 * Technology Integration Assignment:**

The video gives a remarkable landscape of what is happening with the use of technology in the world today. The amount of information that exists nowadays is amazing, and it does not only exist in traditional means like books and newspapers. Today, there is more information on the internet than anywhere else. Even more amazing is who is releasing the information onto the internet. Recently, more and more of the information being released is put on the internet by average people. With information being accessed more and more regularly on sites like Twitter, wikis, and YouTube, the information is flowing from average people to average people. While some may see this as a devaluation of information, it is, in fact, a way for all information to be disseminated.

 It is important to make sure that, as teachers, we are teaching technology integration to students. Technology is everywhere in the world today and not teaching it to students is a foolish approach. In my own classroom, I would want to teach using pod casts, some of which can be very informative. A teacher could also use YouTube to help inform students about how to determine what types of videos contain useful information and what types of videos are just around for entertainment. It is also very important to teach students how to properly use Wikipedia and other wiki sites as wikis can be a very useful place to start research, although they are misleading at times. Wiki sites are around and are not going anywhere, so it is important to instruct students about their proper usage, rather than simply suggesting they completely ignore them.