As a perspective teacher I find my self entering a profession that is the state of transition. The education system that I once knew is about as cutting edge as a rotary telephone. While some may believe that their rotary telephone has always got the job done and if it ain 't broke why fix it? The truth is that education system of yesteryear is not going to cut it. In fact it hasn 't cut it for quite awhile. Another truth is that the education system that is currently in place is already behind. I would compare it to a cordless phone. The hardest truth is that tomorrows education is probably comparable to a first generation I phone. There is an enormous need to equip our students with the tools needed to be successful in their not so distant
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Our education system has upped the ante with the implementation of the Common Core standards. Andrew Miller an educational consultant who trains teachers on technology with Common Core standards says, "If Students are going to be able to meet these challenging standards, classrooms should immediately begin using technology"(Huseman). The truth is that technology has taken over the world. We use technology is every single capacity our lives. Technology has made the world more efficient, capable, and productive. Isn 't it time we made our education system as well? I would like to use one of my personal experiences as an example. I first used a computer as 2nd grader. Our computer time in school consisted of floppy disk and Oregon trail. I wasn 't particularly bright and I struggled to read. There were probably many contributing factors that contributed to my lack of success in the my time in the general public education system. I can tell you that one of them was that I didn 't like school. I was not engaged. When I went to school the teacher taught and we listened. My teachers did their best to educate an entire classroom. The lack of …show more content…
I believe that this skill that can never be mastered. Technology is continuously changing and evolving. With the use of technology not only is society changing but so our the students we teach. A perfect example of this is my favorite student. My daughter who 's only 3 years old knows how to navigate phone aps and has her own tablet. Some will say that, "She shouldn 't be looking at a tablet screen!" I would like to explain to these people that technology can be used to teach in ways that I as a father and a teacher simply cannot do. She is so engaged in learning that she doesn 't know she is doing "work". Fun and interactive learning programs are more engaging then dad is. For example, she know 's here ABC 's, can count to 30, and is starting to learn simple words in Spanish. She has already learned things prior to pre-school that I was working on in the first grade. My oldest daughter who 's entering 1st grade probably know 's more about technology then I did entering middle school. The role of a teacher and as a parent has changed. I am not saying that we place our students in front of the computer all day. There are some downfalls to technology. Some believe that there are risk factors associated with the digital world. Some believe that technology use is addictive and has gone to far. It is in my belief is that when technology is used in unison with
Our education system has upped the ante with the implementation of the Common Core standards. Andrew Miller an educational consultant who trains teachers on technology with Common Core standards says, "If Students are going to be able to meet these challenging standards, classrooms should immediately begin using technology"(Huseman). The truth is that technology has taken over the world. We use technology is every single capacity our lives. Technology has made the world more efficient, capable, and productive. Isn 't it time we made our education system as well? I would like to use one of my personal experiences as an example. I first used a computer as 2nd grader. Our computer time in school consisted of floppy disk and Oregon trail. I wasn 't particularly bright and I struggled to read. There were probably many contributing factors that contributed to my lack of success in the my time in the general public education system. I can tell you that one of them was that I didn 't like school. I was not engaged. When I went to school the teacher taught and we listened. My teachers did their best to educate an entire classroom. The lack of …show more content…
I believe that this skill that can never be mastered. Technology is continuously changing and evolving. With the use of technology not only is society changing but so our the students we teach. A perfect example of this is my favorite student. My daughter who 's only 3 years old knows how to navigate phone aps and has her own tablet. Some will say that, "She shouldn 't be looking at a tablet screen!" I would like to explain to these people that technology can be used to teach in ways that I as a father and a teacher simply cannot do. She is so engaged in learning that she doesn 't know she is doing "work". Fun and interactive learning programs are more engaging then dad is. For example, she know 's here ABC 's, can count to 30, and is starting to learn simple words in Spanish. She has already learned things prior to pre-school that I was working on in the first grade. My oldest daughter who 's entering 1st grade probably know 's more about technology then I did entering middle school. The role of a teacher and as a parent has changed. I am not saying that we place our students in front of the computer all day. There are some downfalls to technology. Some believe that there are risk factors associated with the digital world. Some believe that technology use is addictive and has gone to far. It is in my belief is that when technology is used in unison with