A year of EdTech

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.