Video thoughts

One of the biggest things I think I gleaned from watching these three videos about technology in the classroom is just the shear importance of exposing students to technology as a part of their education. I think that especially in some of the more urban areas there are probably many children that do not have much experience with or access to technology. However, knowledge about technology and the ability to apply technology to many aspects of education are almost essential skills in the age of innovation and in the society we live in. The thing that impressed me about each of the lesson plans or units presented in the videos was that they were all simple, but they all accomplished some pretty profound teaching. Especially the lesson about “Brown Bear, Brown Bear” seemed very easy to implement and the technology was not even very difficult to use, but it was great to see that even children as young as kindergarten age were doing something with technology that added a whole new dimension to their learning experience. I thought it was really amazing how much deeper the content and learning of these lesson plans became as the teachers simply exposed their students to all of the possibilities that existed in the classroom when technology was used.