Week 2 Reflections

This week has helped open my eyes to the extents in which technology plays a part in my daily life. In one month I have lost my pictures on my iPhone, my laptop battery burned up, I got the "blue screen of death" on my office computer, and my classroom computer connected to the Smartboard decided it liked to stay frozen on the desktop screen for the rest of its days. I have cursed technology and questioned my dependence on it. Everything I do electronically from paying bills, to checking my children's grades, to teaching my classes is dependent on technology. It is an overwhelming thought but at the same time, I can't imagine being without it. I am fortunate enough to be vaguely familiar with life before smart phones and Internet but for the most part, all my adult life I have enjoyed the benefits of technology. I believe the video made reference to BG (before google). This is so true because of my reliance on google for so many things...DAILY! Educational technology is something that I want to know more, more, more about so that hopefully I can pass this along to my teacher education students. I truly believe that this is the missing link in providing our K-12 students with the instruction that they so desire!