When I signed up to take Social Studies Methods for Childhood Education, I did not expect to walk into a computer lab with a professor so focused on technology. Like the rest of the class, I did not see how technology fit in with Social Studies. Instead, I saw Social Studies for only its History component. After just one class, I have realized that technology plays such an important role in understanding the students of today. In today's society, children become comfortable with the use of technology at a very young age. As a result, technology has become such a useful resource in a classroom for any subject area. Rather than complain that students spend most of their time playing games, watching T.V., and chatting on social networks, teachers should use their students interests to create more engaging lessons and activities. Like many teachers, I am NOT comfortable with using technology. However, I realized that technology should not be looked as something scary, but instead as something to learn from, engage students, and broaden the possibilities of activities in a classroom.
During my first class, I took the first step to becoming a teacher of tomorrow.
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