Apply and Discover 2.2

Technology is an important aspect in classrooms today.  Students spend a large part of their time at home using some form of technology, so it only makes sense that it should be used at school as well.  There is so much more that can be done on a computer than with the typical classroom materials from ten, even five, years ago.

Like I said in my paper, technology can be engaging and motivating and that is exactly what makes it a necessity in today’s classroom.  One of the ways I would love to use technology in my future classroom is to communicate with other classrooms from around the world.  Setting up email buddies or chatting with another class through Skype would be a great way for students to experience first hand how things are in other parts of the world.  Most students would never have the opportunity to travel to various places and through the power of the internet they now can.  This is an easy way to integrate technology into the classroom because it doesn’t require expensive tools that my school probably doesn’t have.  It would require a computer and webcam and emailing pen pals could be done during a weekly trip to the computer lab.