Technology+Integration

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For this assignment i watched the video 'Susan Patrick: Why Online Learning Is a Smart Solution'. I enjoyed this clip because it gave strong facts as to why online learning is beneficial to todays students. I learned that there is a shortage of teachers for core classes such as physics in some states and that the use of online learning allows this shortage to in a way vanish. Teachers are able to have more students further than just there own classroom, reaching across states and even across the world. Online courses allow students to decide when they do their work and how much time and effort they place on their assignments. If a student does not do well the first time around new resources and methods are available the next time around. This teaching method also allows teachers who have retired to come back with new job opportunities and a much more flexible schedule. All of these points go to show how technological integration has played a positive alternative to learning outside the classroom. Technology integration today is very important not only to today's student but also to todays teachers. As a future teacher i feel that integrating technology into the classroom just opens up several more doors as far as resources for teachers to use. Students today have grown up with technology since the day they were born and with the fast growing and rapid advancements in the field it's very important for teachers to use the resources being provided. No student is alike and the new technology being provided will allow students to decide how they learn. In the past i feel class rooms have been set up for one student and the rest have to either learn to try to catch up or slow down in order to follow the learning path, but with the new technology being placed in classrooms teachers can finally allow students to learn at their pase. As a teacher i hope to implement a wide variety of technology as far as visual, audio, etc into my class to fit each student. I want to cover as many areas as possible in order to allow each of my students a fair opportunity to learn in my classroom.