The articles and videos present a way of teaching that is exciting and somewhat new to me. Teaching children to think for themselves has been a goal of mine since I started teaching 16 years ago, but the addition of technology has made this an ever changing task. This self sufficient learning style has been on my mind even more now that I have two children of my own. I want them to have a desire to be lifelong learners, but I find it difficult helping them with this task at times. Growing up I found it easy to pick up new tasks without much effort, and I sometimes have a hard time relating to people that are struggling to learn. Recently the tables have turned with the influx of technology. My kids have more information in the palm of their hands than I did the entire time I was in school. In fact I thought I was something else in my high school programming class because my monochromatic monitor was amber instead of green like all of the others.
Opening the door of project based learning and integrating technology has helped me to learn new things along with my students. I hope to continue embracing new tech and teaching techniques as they emerge.
