My Beliefs

If you had asked me three months ago what my beliefs were as far as education in the classroom go, I might have told you that I believed they were a necessary evil. I am proud to say my opinion has changed a little over the past few months. After learning all I have about the many technological resources (most of which are free) that are available I wonder now why I did not make more of an effort in the past to familiarize myself with them. Perhaps that is because I have never been taught using these resources (at least not too much) and so I believed that it was not to be done that way. I believe that using technology in lessons, activities and assignments has many benefits and it allows kids to learn in ways that would not be possible without them. I believe as I have stated before that it would be good for teachers to, not only use technology, but to teach kids how to use it as they do research and learn.
While I would now consider myself a proponent of technology in the classroom, I don't believe that it can replace a good teacher (at least I hope not, after all I do hope to make a living teaching.) I also do not believe that technology can supplement poor teaching either (after all bad teaching with a PowerPoint is still bad teaching.) I do believe however that the use of technology can enhance good teaching and provide students with an additional way to learn and understand the material and so much as funding permits, teachers should implement technology as much as they can in the classroom and out.