Reflection 2

 My definition of Education Technology would be having unlimited amount of resources that you can learn, create, design, manage, and process digitally through different technology devices and systems.  After reading several definitions, I felt the main factor was having unlimited resources whether good or bad in a digital format.

In the different readings I came across including the article I read on exploring teacher acceptance on technology, I strongly see that although technology is what education is becoming, many people are hesitant in going through some sort of training or feel content with what they already know. This ties into how educators are accepting towards information technology. We all know and hear many times how information technology is powerful and great to gain access of the unlimited information that is out there. However, if the teacher does not feel confident in their own use of computer self-efficacy, they will probably not incorporate technology into their classroom. Nonetheless, this assignment with the MAPping has allowed me to feel another boost of confidence to implement technology into my classroom. I have been intrigued to learn more ways I can incorporate different technology concepts to teach to my future students. All it takes is being open-minded of trying new things and taking the risk of things that may or may not work. That's what being an educator is all about! We all want to find ways to engage our students and help them gain better ways of getting a great education, and technology is definitely the way to go. And with our students now a days constantly on social media and video games, what better way to get them pumped up about learning with technology. I grew up when computers was just beginning to be in the classroom. I remember a time when we had the small square looking apple computer and everyone in my class wanted to get that time of playing the snake game. But just that excitement alone had all the students intrigued with how the early form of technology worked. Now that there are many different forms of technology devices, it is highly important to implement education technology in our lesson plans and curriculum. By learning the skills and knowledge it takes to use technology in the classroom, it will keep we the educators and the students organized, not to mention paperless at time.