Chapter 2 late post!

After reading "The technology enthusiasts' argument", there are many things to think of with the topic at hand.  I would agree with the fact that some aspects of schooling seem to be "lost in time" and haven't changed a whole lot at all.  I do agree with this but I have a different view on why.  I think the reason it hasn't changed isn't because we don't want to, but because the people who taught our current teachers, they taught them how schooling was when they were students and so on.  With that, it seems like we are stuck in a sad cycle of teaching other teachers and students about our past and teaching them the way we were taught.  I believe we should teach them for the future, particularly their future.  This does not mean throw away all books and never to longhand math problems again, but it does mean that we have to prepare our students for their future's, not our pasts.  As we discuss and read even more, I see that technology is vital to the new classroom and that we need to use it.  Once again, this does not mean that I will "clean house" on teaching.  You need to know when to use technology and how it is connected to what they're learning.  I look forward to using technology in my classroom and teaching my students many tools that they can use to improve their learning.  I look to find a nice balance between technology and traditional schooling.  I would like to show my students ways to grab eachother's attentions by doing presentations that aren't powerpoints or a poster.  I want to find better ways of assesment such as clickers or using the smartboard like we do in class.  Anything to get them to use technology in a fun yet educational way.