This chapter reinforces how important it is to teach and incorporate technology into our schools. There are so many different ways for individuals to get information. They no longer have to go to school to become educated. There are a lot of different ways to get the information you need by using technology; the most common probably being the internet. Because of this, we need to use technology within the classroom to help prepare our students and keep them interested in the lessons. Young people today are so attached to all their electronics and technology; we should use these to our benefit. They should be incorporated into the lessons so the student is excited to learn because he/she gets to use his IPOD instead of having to listen to his teacher lecture for 30 minutes.
Since information is so easily accessible, the learning environment has to be interesting to the students. If a student isn’t interested in a subject, they won’t care and may not try very hard to learn about it. Video games are very popular. As the book points out, in video games, the gamer is put into scenarios where he/she can take chances and see what happens without repercussions.
As a teacher, I will incorporate technology into my lessons and classroom so my students are interested in learning. I will allow them to have choices so they can learn things they are interested in. This may be accomplished by picking a large theme and then allowing my students to choose something smaller within that theme that interests them to research. I will also incorporate games (such as video games) to help teach my students about different topics.
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