A Realization

Incorporating technology into my classroom is something I find seriously important and integral to my ability to successfully and competently teach my students; however, I have come to realize incorporating technology will be more difficult than I originally assessed.

Computers break and technology fails more times than I thought it would. Sometimes hooking up the power point for a class can take more time than planned and other times the computer projector just doesn't work.

Videos are also difficult to incorporate into that classroom. I often wonder how much time I should devote to showing clips and videos in my classroom and how much is too much. Also, deciding what is really appropriate as far as rating if you get a video off youtube may be difficult to assess as well.

I am learning more and more why incorporating technology can be an arduous task, but it is one I am willing to take on. I am going to try and figure out how to incorporate technology when the technology is not necessarily available, and I am understanding more and more if I incorporate technology I must always have a back up plan.

I am extremely interested in using cell phones in my class lessons. Unfortunately I do not think I am going to try this year. I feel middle school may be too young to incorporate cell phones into instruction.