Module+4+Reflection

Reflection Prompt:
**Reflect on your thinking surrounding your developing a philosophy of Instructional Technology use for learning and your understanding of 21st Century Teaching and Learning. **

//Description://  Reflecting back on the time that I spent developing a philosophy of Instruction Technology I realize now that the struggle that I had was just trying to verbalize what my philosophy was. I knew what I wanted to say but just developing it into coherent sentences seemed to allude me!

//Impact//:

To solve this problem of "writer's block" I sat down and made an outline. I used the rubric that was provided and just brainstormed bullet points for each section that was to be covered in the paper. I just started thinking about all the ways I used technology myself and how did I get to the point where I truly believed that technology needed to be implemented into all levels of education. When I think about a classroom without technology I feel sad about it because I feel that the students are being short-changed and the teachers are short-changing themselves. Technology implemented into the classroom opens up the possibilities of connecting with every student in the classroom more than traditional methods of delivering curriculum.

After I started thinking about what I would love to see in every classroom, I began thinking about how so many educators stop learning when they leave college. They don't want to take the time to learn new technologies and they treat it as something that they don't have time for. I know that I don't want to be one of those teachers. I love learning new technologies and once learned, I can't wait to show someone else. I'm not teaching currently in a k-12 setting but I'm really beginning to wish that I were. So many of the new ways of delivering different content just amazes me and I think it would be fun to use in a classroom of "tech-savvy" teenagers to show them something new and useful in the world of technology.

//Intent//:

After finally finishing my philosophy of Instructional Technology, my intent is to seek out more new and exciting ways to implement technology into my classroom. Right now I'm teaching a computer applications class that teaches students how to use Microsoft Office programs. In past semesters, we've gone through the book and completed the projects in the book. But, after re-evaluating this approach, I think that I will start to come up with some of my own "real-world" scenarios so that the students feel more connected to the material. I also am going to seek out my program director and present her with some of my ideas for presenting content in the future.