Tech+Integration

This assignment was an essay based on how technology integration in the classroom is important, and it allowed the class of teachers to realize just how important technology has become. There was a video that focused on how fast the digital world is working which helps spark the assignment.

 The very first video that I watched, "Welcome to the Digital Generation" presented to me a very intimate look on learning now, and it was very relatable. Being just a sophomore in college now, all of the technologies presented in the video I have been taught with many times before, and it was very present in high school for me. The video expanded my thinking on how much the integration of technology affected me as a learner in grade school, and why I learned what I had, and whether or not I felt like I did have a more positive learning experience because of the integration. I personally did work on digital video products in a class designed to create movies and shows for the school to watch, and with that I was constantly learning new ways of editiing with Adobe, and other devices that aided our videos. It did give me an advantage in other classes when it came time for presentation because I did have that extra knowledge of how to present a project in a clean and creative way.  Realizing the advantage I had in high school, just by taking a digital media class has allowed me to the given opinion that technology needs to be integrated in the classroom, I plan on having access for all of my students to a computer and I plan on having all of them capable of things such as designing a PowerPoint, and utilizing Excell, because it is these programs (and many others) that I feel gave me an advantage in school. These are the basic programs that give students an organized tool in order to more effectively learn and also gives them a new focus as the digital age continues to grow as the first video in the assignment shows.