Technology+and+Learning

This week was full of ideas and what others are doing to integrate technology into their classrooms. It is truly inspiring to see so many wonderful ideas and concepts. The teacher at this site is such an inspiration! She uses every kind of technology available to students in her classroom effectively! [] Her blog has wonderful resources: [] The principal of High Tech High school discussed several topics I feel are essential to creating an amosphere of learning and that is respect. Teachers must respect their students. Students today want to be more proactive in their learning and it can be difficult allowing them to "steer" but it reaps such benefits. These children become life-long learners. They can collaborate with others both in a classroom setting and a technologically based setting. This is important as our world moves to a more global aspect, we must force a change to ensure our students will be able to compete in the world as we know it.