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Technology has become one of the biggest growing market in the world. Technology affects and has made contributions to aspects in our lives, for instance, health and medicine, communication, and business. For the reason, and how far of a reach technology has on the everyday life of many individuals, is why students and teachers are influenced to use technology in the classroom. Not only are teachers using technology because of its reach but also because of its accessibility. Technology inevitably makes life easier for many, even teachers. With the use of technology, teachers are able to have more resources available to them that they can use in the classroom.
The International Society for Technology in Education had many standards that I found interesting. An educator standard that stood out to me was the analyst standard. The analyst standard states that educators should use data to drive their instruction and support students in achieving their learning goals. I think this important because many teachers in today society’s are focused on their own standards that they forget to assess every student. A standard that I believe it outside of my expertise is the designer standard. I am majoring in family and child sciences and am only obtaining a minor in education. Due to this, I am not entirely sure how to completely create a learning environment where I design activities that recognize and accommodate learner variability.
I agree with the term digital native. Digital natives are individuals who are easily familiar with technology because they were raised in the era were technology was growing while they were. I have definitely witnessed times where I, a digital native, have had to help my teacher, a digital immigrant, work technology. This affected my learning experience but showing me that learning is really I multidirectional. Teachers can learn from students just as much as students can learn from teachers. I anticipate that I too will be like my teacher. I understand that there are will be technology that my students will understand better than me, and I too need to be open to allowing them to help and teach me new things.

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