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I am currently enrolled as a junior at the University of South Alabama. I am earning my bachelor's degree in Secondary Education Mathematics. As educators, we should focus on future generations to ensure that they succeed to the best of their abilities. In order to achieve this goal, educators must be willing to constantly learn and motivate their students to use new forms of technology inside and outside of the classroom. Educators must be self-motivated lifelong learners. As future generations go through school, the use of technology will become mandatory in schools. It is our job as educators to lead our students in their use of technology so that they can better themselves and their educations. We are not going back in time, so educators need to put down the pen and paper and pick up their computers. My ultimate goal is to equip my students with the knowledge and tools necessary to raise the bar in education with the technology generations.

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Skype


Skype is an awesome program that I recently started using. Skype allows individuals to videochat with one another over the internet. Skype even allows its users to play games with one another over the internet. Skype can allow students to converse with each other about projects and give each other ideas. Skype is one step past text messaging.

Having a pen pal was one of my favorite memories from childhood. My pen pal was simply across the school district, and we would write letters back and forth from my class to hers. Eventually, we took a field trip together. With Skype, students can have "Skype pals" all across the world and converse via videochat rather than pen and paper. Nothing is wrong with pen and paper, but children are advancing extremely well with technology. This would not only allow students to converse with students all over the world but also allow them to show each other things about their cultures. This could help students improve their diversity with other ethnic groups and cultures all over the world.
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