Ever since I was little I wanted to become a teacher. The reason is because my dad is an educator and I have wanted to follow in his footsteps. Ever since I can remember I have been able to go to the high school to spend time with other teachers and learn from them. The past several years I have been able to go to different schools and observe in their classrooms.
What I have learned is that teachers are all different and can all be successful in different ways. Younger teachers love to use technology with you tube videos, power points and smart boards. However, the older teachers like my Dad still use and overhead projector and give notes on the chalk board.
There is no right way or wrong way to teach but technology is definitely having a big impact in education. Students can go home and now see their grades on the computer. Attendance is done on the computer. Technology is changing every day and it changing education from how students used to be taught.
In order to communicate with other teachers and your students a teacher is going to have to be able to use technology. It is not so much for the teacher’s sake but for the students. A teacher needs to be able to put the students in the best possible learning scenario. If that means a teacher needs to learn more about technology to keep up with the young kids than so be it. A teacher is there to help the students as much as possible. You’re never too old to learn something new. Even the teachers that are close to going to retirement are adapting to technology.