What I gained from Digital Writing in the Classroom

To my fellow educators I would stress the importance of the changing world and how technology is shaping it at very quick pace. We must keep helping prepare our students for the world they will be living in. The world is becoming more global by the second. I would encourage our teachers to push pass their comfort zone and get up to par with the technological world that we live in. Students are surrounded by the technology at home and when they step into the classroom they are stepping back into time. I would encourage teachers to participate in technology staff developments. I would encourage all grade levels to participate to getting our students prepared for the world. We cannot teach today's or tomorrow's students like we taught yesterday’s.


My message to the general public would be to support the use of technology in the classrooms. There are those who feel that students will become too dependent on technology, and find inappropriate materials. The same was probably said with the invention of the printing press, radio, and television. We cannot fear change but we should embrace it. All of these can and have been used inappropriately, but all of them have given us the unlimited access to information which can be turned into knowledge. They have become tools for the development of higher order thinking skills if used appropriately.

Let us prepare our students for the world they will live in. They are not only competing with themselves but with the rest of the world. The question is not are they ready, but are we?