Growing up online

• How does this video impact your thinking about technology's role in the lives of young learners?

The Video Growing Up Online has helped me to start thinking that technology, specially and mainly the internet, is a very big source from which young children are learning in today's society. Technology has become a main source for communication, socialization, and information gathering for these young learners. I believe that technology, for younger children, holds the role and purpose for communication with friends through texting, online chatting, and facebook, a way for them express themselves through things such as music, video,and blogs, and an outlet for research, and small discovery for their random curiosity through online searches.

What will you do differently as a future teacher as a direct result of this new thinking?

As a teacher I believe that I will incorporate technology into learning as much as possible. Young learners enjoy the easy access and fast pace of technology. It is important to meet the children's interests as much as possible appropriately and this is a great way to get students to enjoy being involved. Ways that I would be able to involve technology in my classroom would be through having children research online different topics for story writing, social studies research, and even science questions. On top of incorporating technology into research purposes I will do my best to insure that my classroom is prepared with all of the appropriate teaching technology appliances such as a DVD player, a projector, computers, and even possibly a smart board.