The article that I read for this blog today was called, “Understanding the Digital Generation II.” While I was reading this article, I found so many different key topics that are stated, which are very beneficial for those who may be reading this and not truly understand technology. It really made me think as an educator, that I need to make sure I use technology and use it to keep the classroom interesting because today's generation of kids is surrounded by technology, that if a teacher doesn’t have technology, then the children don’t know what to do or really don’t know how to maximize their learning.

One of the first major points I found in this article is that teachers really need to up their game and use technology in the classroom more than they may be using it now. Some teachers are fairly older than a lot of other teachers, which this means that they have been teaching a specific way for so long, that they don’t want to change how they are teaching. Since they are so used to teaching one way, which is generally without technology, then they do not want to learn how to use technology, or they claim it’s too hard so they get away with not using technology. However, now that we have entered a time period where technology is so important for everyday use, we can’t afford to have teachers who are not willing to catch up with what is happening in today’s day and age. I think as a future educator, technology is actually a very good thing because it provides so many experiences and tools that were not available before technology came along. Technology has increased dramatically in the past ten years, and now it’s time that every teacher got on bored and used their classroom to the best of their ability.

Another really big topic that I found very interesting in this article was that teachers today need to let students be able to be fully engaged in the classroom. This could mean a lot of different things depending on who you talk to, but in this article, the author states that students need to be able to access information and if a teacher doesn’t let them use technology in the classroom, then they cannot maximize their learning ability that they could have if they would have been able to use technology in the classroom. Many students today do not use books as much as they search for the topics on the internet. Due to this, we need to make sure that the students do have complete access on school grounds so they can do the research they need to in order to be prepared for class as well as to do their best in the classroom, which should be the main goal of any teacher.

Finally, a very important detail that is discussed in this article is relating to the fact that we need to start re-evaluating what we are teaching and how we are teaching. I completely agree with this finding because there are so many students today who don’t follow class because teachers are not teaching in a way that the students can truly understand and stay engaged. Students engagement is one of the most important things relating to the classroom because if your students aren’t engaged in your class, then there’s really no point to continue the teaching because no one is following along or paying attention anyways. I think once teachers rethink how they should teach, then students will actually be more engaged and classrooms will be maximized to their full potential.

Now that I’ve hit some of the main points of this article, it’s time to discuss the two major sides of this article. I know some of you may be thinking, how can there be two sides to an article when one person writes it? However, it is possible in order to write the best article they can. For this article though, the two sides are actually very similar to the two sides of the last article we discussed. And the two sides for this article are: the side that agrees that teachers need to improve their technology education as well as letting students interact more in the classroom, and the second point is the side that thinks teachers today are ok and don’t need to change anything. Whatever way you look at it, these are generally the sides always when it comes to discussing technology in the classroom. Unfortunately, there are still teachers who think that technology is not important in the classroom and that is just not true. If anyone talks to students today, they all would say that they would rather be in a classroom where technology is being used and is being used well. Since this is the case, we need to start maximizing our use of technology.

Finally, after reading these articles, I always have questions because it’s just how I think and go through different readings for anything. The main question I have is just why are so many teachers opposed to learning new things and learning how to actually use technology because that can actually make their life so much easier in the classroom? I will definitely be using technology in my classroom because I know how amazing it is and how easy it can make my life. Well thank you all so much for taking time to read this blog and I really hope it helped further your understanding of using technology in the classroom.