Week 6 Essential Question

How does teacher experience change how they view technology integration?

I think that a teacher's experience will even dictate whether or not they want to try to integrate technology into their classroom. The truth is that if you feel comfortable with something then you will want to use it more. I think it all goes back to the first week when we said that most teachers are digital immigrants and our students are digital natives. I am more of a digital native so I think I am much more open to trying out technology integration then some older teachers. I say some, but not all, because there are some teachers that do amazing things with technology that make me want to try out new things as well. But there are teachers who don't see anything wrong with their way of teaching and don't feel like they need to add "bells and whistles" to make students learn any better.

I think it all comes down to making educational opportunities available to all teachers on how to integrate technology and what kinds actually might work in their classroom. It's very hard to up and try to integrate technology on your own. I feel like we do have great opportunities in this district that we just have to take the initiative to get educated and then get the technology we want. I finally did a DonorsChoose and it was so straight forward and easy that I am kicking myself that I haven't done it sooner. You're always critical of what you don't know I guess. I think our cohort itself is helping us all integrate technology but we have the amazing opportunity to do so. I find myself helping out other teachers more now because I feel mo0re comfortable with technology. We all have to adapt to the changing world of education and especially here in Nashua with X2.