How will you be your own agent of change in the classroom to meet student expectations - is it your responsibility?

K-12 Youtube Video
Vision of Students of Today

Both of the videos that we were given to watch were eye-opening in many ways. All the percentages given really put students and technology into perspective. The average K-12 student will spend three and a half hours a week playing video games and five and a half hours on the internet, while they will only spend two and a half hours reading a book. Only 67% of teachers have ever used wikis, blogs, or podcasts. Also, only 63% of teachers will allow students to use technology in the classroom. Most students these days understand and use technology better than their teachers. I believe that technology and teaching should go hand in hand. With technology consuming the lives of students, it is important to incorporate this aspect of studen'ts lives into the classroom. When teachers incorporate technology into the classroom, they are better able to connect to their students. Because it is such a big part of student's lives, they will be more interested in what they are learning and more likely to be engaged in the classroom.
As future teachers, I do believe that it is our responsibilty to incorporate technology into our lessons. If we continue to teach in the same way we are only going to grow more distant from our students. Technology gives us an opportunity to connect with our students in a more appealing manner. It will allow us to take lessons that seem to be boring and tedious for students and transform them into attractive and engaging lessons where they are required to think, create, analyze, evaluate, and apply what they are learning.
The students of today are digital learners. Everyday they are surfing the web, listening to music, and watching television. Rather than to get lost in the past, it is the responsbility of teachers to constantly be learning and keeping up with new technology. In this way they can find ways of incorporting new and exciting methods of teaching lessons into their classrooms and reach out to the students who would otherwise lose interest.