Technophilia

the digital natives

        are restless

you're about to

become bytes of

                    roadkill as their

speed of life

roars over you

every bit of them

data streamed across the

               cosmos

plugged into the

whole wide world

                from behind doors

closed to the natural world

      the evolution of

the future

is handcuffed

           with technology

will it

                       save

the world or

                       enslave it?

  I wrote this poem after watching a video about the changing face of students and how can we as teachers keep up with them and technology to ensure that we are engaging them in the classrooms.

These are the videos that inspired my writing:

The Blackboard

Photo from - Contemporary Jewish Museum - http://www.flickr.com/photos/contemporaryjewishmuseum/4442944577/

The above quote is a pretty good summary of why I chose to get into education.  I love and always have loved learning and want to help foster that feeling in my own children and future students.  This is also why my teaching area is primary elementary, specifically pre-kindergarten to grade 3.  Most students in these grades still enjoy learning and being at school and I want to be a teacher that helps nurture that concept and helps it grow and thrive.

This blog is going to be my space for all things teacher and educational related that I come across. A place to share ideas, questions, resources, links and anything else I want to ramble on about in this field.