Chapter 1- Understanding the Power of PLNS

       Every time I think of myself teaching people I never see technology in the picture, but after reading chapter 1 I now see that I will probably be having to use technology while I teach and have to try and keep up with the times as best as possible.

    The section rethinking learning pretty much sums up how I feel right about now. I thought I had some knowledge when it came to computers, and how they work, but now I am worried about how I will be able to keep up with it all and still be able to teach the way I want to teach. This has got me thinking how are the schools supposed to be able to buy all this technology? When I went to school there weren’t very many computers that students could use in class and only one of my classes had a smart board.

      The section I found the most interesting has to have been changing skills. It made me realize that with technology; learning becomes a whole different ball game. That the way I learned something will be completely different then how my students will learn something when I teach them. I have been pretty straight forward, you can say, when it comes the way I want to teach my students, but after reading this I have become more open to the idea of different ways of teaching them.

     By reading this chapter I have become a little worried and a little excited for the upcoming technology. I am worried because now I have to think outside the box, but I am excited because I always wanted to play with a smart board!