This blog is a response to the video, "An Introduction to Technology Integration". Watch full video HERE. I love the spirit of this video. It's refreshing to see students who are in a position to harass technology, not for technology's sake, but rather, for the sake of growth and learning. This is the key to the whole tech integration discussion/debate. It forces all of us to ask the question, "are we using technology because it somehow makes us relevant? Or are we using it because it's driving the lesson, and the learning, forward in meaningful ways?" I love my macbook. I do lots of work with my macbook. I believe my macbook to be a meaningful tool in my life. But, would I bring my macbook into a classroom just because I like it? Of course not. I would only cross that threshold if I felt as though the learning within our classroom would benefit from it's inclusion. So, integrate technology. After all, it's a language that (most of) our students speak fluently! But do it purposefully. Technology for learning sake rather than technology's sake.
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