#1, Perspectives and goals

Computers are necessary for the educational experience due to the fact that technology has become a fundamental part of our society as a whole. For example, the use of technology has become a major source for finding academic information, recieving directions on how to get to a new location, transferring funds, and so on. If one is not at ease with technology, they will be unable to properly function in the 21st century. Therefore, technology literacy is essential for our upcoming generation.

I agree with an overall issue that arches over chapters one and two. It is incredibly important for educational figures to be technologically literate in order to ensure today's students are prepared, so I believe it is a good idea to have so many resources availible to educators in order to become literate in that sense. For example, it is necessary for guidance counselors to be familiar with technology in order to use online resources to benefit students as much as physically possible. There are also several online training pportunities. One may also refer to the National Board for Professoional Teaching Standards (NBPTS), whose sole purpose is to improve teaching by pushing teachers to become certified voluntarily. Yet another example of how it is now becoming difficult for teachers to not be technologically literate is provided by the existence of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), which encompasses both the AECT and the ISTE standards. A number of NCATE standards require future educators to encorporate technology into their teachings.

I also agree with the three types of variables that interfere with the communicaation cycle: environmental factors, pyschological factors, and personal factors. Given how I had endured the difficulty of trying to learn in a noisy classroom, I have personally experienced how this form of distruption can prevent one from recieving information. Additionally, psychological factors are incredbily important as well. Naturally, a student would be less likely to recieve information if they are in a poor emotional state -- especially one brought about by a traumatic ecperience. I especially agree with the issues that personal filters can give rise to due to the fact that, given the diversity of the communities I have grown up in, it can be relatively simple for a message to get distroted into a more sinister meaning if not delicately translated.

In order to use computers in my classroom, I intend on using the Ten Minute Lesson Planner as a mode of creating my lessons, Website hosting will also become something I must familiarise myeslf with, given how I intend on putting togetehr a class website in order to keep my students updated on assignments. Podcasts are also something I will intend on using as a supplement for my more audiotry learners. In this class, I hope to become comfortable with making a website because that is one of my proiorities.

Digital natives include anyone that is currently between the grade-levels of kindergarten through college. Being a digital native means that you have grown up around cellphones, video games, computers and so onl\. Because of this, these people have become acclimated to this technology and are able to use it at ease. I, personally, have seen a difference between how I (a digital native) and digital immigrants use technology. Digital natives appear to be far more comfortable with technology and it's various uses while digital immigrats usually appear more bumbled, disoriented, and flustered while using it. I feel like this directly impacts the learning experience because a teacher who is a digital immigrant may not be able to use technology at the same speed as students, which will in turn slow down the learning process.

I do feel that there will be some level of disassociation with how I and my future students will use technology. This is due to the fact that technology is never stagnant -- it is constantly evolving to fit our growing needs. As a result of this, it is without a doubt that our future technology will be even more advanecd than the technology we have today, and I will have no choice but to accomodate myself to it.

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Throughout my educational career I've been surrounded by technology. This has been evident in smart-screen boards used in classrooms and the gradual replacement of hard-copy tests by online assessments. I have also become more reliant on my iPhone in order to alert me of special events, with over half of them being educational in some sort. As a matter of fact, my reliance on my phone has grown to the point where I would struggle to organise myself without it.

I hope to learn about new and more efficient ways of organising my day with the use of technology. The use of tech is only growing in today's society, and only those that become accustomed to this new mode of living will be able to succeed. Given how I intend on becoming a teacher, it is especially important for me to familiarise myself with this information so that I may properly acclimate our upcoming generation to this new technology. I'm also interested in learning about the array of ways in which technology and education can be integrated into one another.

I have learned that I am relatively balanced between being a reflective and active learner -- however I do lean more on the side of the latter. I'm more of an intuitive learner as I have an easier time grasping concepts than I do memorising facts. It is simple for me to grasp the basic structure of things than it is to pick apart the details that make the structure work. Despite my test results, I feel that I am both a visual and verbal learner. I say this because I am capable of verbally understanding the description of theories and concepts. However, I have a difficult time understanding verbal instructions if the instructor is giving a detail-heavy, step-by-step description on how to do something. I definitely am more of a global learner than I am a sequential learner -- but this applies mostly to math subjects. For others I consider myself to be relatively balanced.