Albers and Harste

I think back to when I was a third grade student and remember that the only source of technology in my teachers classroom was an overhead projector and a tape player. Now I look at my classroom as a third grade teacher and I see the use of iPads, an interactive whiteboard, computers, a document cameras, laptops, an iPod, speakers, a microphone system, and more. These are things I have became used to teaching with and it makes me realized how things change over time and how we, as teachers, must adapt to those changes. We are in a society where having a cell phone in your pocket is normal and where facebook is a lot of peoples main source of communication. Being able to utilize these technological tools in our classrooms makes learning experience more relevant for our students. I could not imagine what it would be like to have a classroom like the one I described as we being in as a third grade student. Albers and Harste speak of how our world is high tech and through reading I have realized an even larger urgency than I did before to make sure that I keep up and am able to utilize the resources I have to benefit my students!