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Visual for teachers that are apprehensive about technolgy

After watching this video, I truly learned a lot about the many different benefits of technology in the classroom. The man talking throughout the video starts off with an interesting qoute that grabbed my attention. He says, "Teachers will not be replaced by technology, but teachers who don't use technology will be replaced by those who do." This man truly believes that technology is the future of education, and all teachers should begin to accept that. All teachers should start using technology on a daily basis in their classroom. The rest of the video is him explaining his reasons for why teachers need to. Most of the reasons, I have already heard throughout other articles and blogs of similar nature. Some reasons that stood out to me where the fact that technology helps students with professional developmemnt. We are living in a world where the technology field/industry is continuosly growing, and we need people to work these jobs. You might as well start training the future professionals when they are young and in school. Another interesting reason is that technology in the classroom improves schools' test scores. At first I was skeptical, and was very curious as to the man's explanation. He went on to say that the use of computers in classrooms allows students to each move at their own pace. If there is one student who really understands a concept much quicker than the rest of the class, that student can move on to the next subject by using the internet and pre-recorded lectures from the teacher. This is beginning to get into the idea of blended learning, another one of my scoopit topics. I am beginning to see that the increase in technology in classrooms around the United States, is the reason behind the new wave of blended learning or "flipped classroom" in so many of the schools today. I enjoyed that this video did not focus on one specific piece of technology, but that it talked about several different ones you can incorporate into the classroom for different reasons. 

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