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Technology Teaching Philosophy
Technology use has become prevalent in todays society. From
Smartphones to tablets, and from Twitter and Instagram to online banking to
accessing any information at any time and from anywhere, our society has
become dependent on using technology. Generations are growing up in this
technology saturated society with so many devices and the information that
is provided right at their fingertips. This access to technology impacts the
way in which students think, act, react to information, learn, understand and
process new information. The education of students today must evolve with
the technology use in all other facets of society.
Teachers have a responsibility to engage students by utilizing
technology resources that are made available in their schools. The
implementation of technology needs to be intentional, purpose driven, and
productive. Technology should be intentionally used in each classroom and
not reserved for a technology class or computer lab setting. In each
classroom setting the teacher needs to have carefully planned objectives
followed by the selection of appropriate software to meet these objectives
and then decide which type of platform and hardware will allow the teacher
to meet the objectives using technology (Thornburg, 2014). This process
allows for technology to not be randomly obtained which results in it being
randomly used or not used at all because there has been no design for its
implementation.
References
Duffie, J. (2008). Using Technology to Support Diverse Learners. Retrieved
from Slideshare
Online Web site:
http://www.wested.org/cs/tol/download/lib/2590/TechSupDL6-7-07.pp
Edutopia Team. (2008). Why Integrate Technology into the Curriculum?: The
Reasons Are
Many. Edutopia. Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/technologyintegrationintroduction
Murray, Corey. (2013). Survey: 74 Percent of Educators Support the Use of
Technology in
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