I am still not great with technology and I still wish I
could trade in my Windows Phone for an older flip phone without text or email.
After spending the past year researching and experimenting with different
technologies and their application to education I still believe that the
teacher is the most important resource a classroom can have. The lesson will
only be as good as the teacher who has prepared and gives it, with or without
technology. That being said, the world has changed and is still changing in
terms of the way information is taught and learned. There is more information
available to today’s students in seconds than was available to past generations
in days. Students use more technology, they are communicating in different
media than generations past and we have to adjust our teaching to allow
students to maximize their potential and prepare them with the skills necessary
for future success in the world. Technology is helpful, but the more important
factor is to update our lessons to incorporate Twenty First Century Skills.
