Harness Your Students' Digital Smarts

I have watched the video Harness Your Students' Smarts and it is about an Edublog award winning teacher, Vicki Davis. She uses all different types of technology in her classroom. She uses technology to get her students to connect with the world through education. It is important for Davis to get her students involved with the different types of technology. One point in the video was that Davis talked about having her students learn some certain things on their own. She would use big and difficult words on purpose so that the students could use the Internet to look up those words and learn them for themselves. She herself teaches the classroom as well as the students. I absolutely agree with Davis in how she teaches in her classroom. I would one day love to put as much technology in my classroom as she and many other teachers are now doing in the classrooms today. I want my students to be able to expand their minds with all the different technology instead of just using pencil and paper. Some students only see technology as being only for social networking to connect with their friends and family, but it also is a way of learning. If you put technology in a classroom your students will be more willing to learn and be engaged with the subject and the assignment you are teaching. I feel like bringing different types of technology into my classroom will expand my students minds to think critically and to be creative. Technology is important in todays life because in todays world just about everyone uses it for different types of things, such as their studies and work. Technology is increasing each and everyday and is ALWAYS changing. So parents and future teachers or teachers of today, do not be afraid to use technology with your children and students. It will help them in todays changing world.

I have provided the video of Harness Your Students' Smarts. The video shows what classrooms may look like in the future. Enjoy!