Vision
The only constant in education today is change, and we must embrace the revolutions we experience and see as educators. Technology is one of the most important components we should embrace to support these inevitable changes occurring in today’s classrooms. For teachers, technology enhances instruction; for students, technology enriches learning. As teachers, we owe it to our students to push them to reach beyond any expectations that have been set, to let their mistakes drive them and not destroy them, and to do what it takes to make this world a better place. But as teachers in the 21st-century, we also owe it to our students to embed technology seamlessly in our classrooms to simulate how they will use it in the world that awaits them, to expose them to new learning experiences and opportunities through digital tools and resources, and to increase their understanding that technology should be used for the purpose of helping and not hindering those around us.
Beginning in Kindergarten or earlier, students should begin learning concepts of digital citizenship, the basics of using technology, and show learning through programs using multiple devices. Throughout their student careers, technology should catapult them into new worlds of innovation and change, create opportunities to connect globally and gain cultural understandings, and make learning fun and exciting. As our high school students transition into the real world as citizens and adults, they should also transform into digital citizens who have reputable digital footprints and pioneering mindsets that will take them as far as they want to go.
According to Code.org, the United States will have over one-million open computer-science job positions available by the year of 2020; the devastation to that fact is the prediction of not being able to fill them due to lack of college graduates in the field (2016). In addition, computing jobs are the number one source for new wages in the United States (Code.org, 2016). It is time to get on board with change, with improvement, with innovation, with technology. Join me in the movement to create our future by enhancing theirs.
Code.org (2016). Promote Computer Science. Retrieved from https://code.org/promote.
Beginning in Kindergarten or earlier, students should begin learning concepts of digital citizenship, the basics of using technology, and show learning through programs using multiple devices. Throughout their student careers, technology should catapult them into new worlds of innovation and change, create opportunities to connect globally and gain cultural understandings, and make learning fun and exciting. As our high school students transition into the real world as citizens and adults, they should also transform into digital citizens who have reputable digital footprints and pioneering mindsets that will take them as far as they want to go.
According to Code.org, the United States will have over one-million open computer-science job positions available by the year of 2020; the devastation to that fact is the prediction of not being able to fill them due to lack of college graduates in the field (2016). In addition, computing jobs are the number one source for new wages in the United States (Code.org, 2016). It is time to get on board with change, with improvement, with innovation, with technology. Join me in the movement to create our future by enhancing theirs.
Code.org (2016). Promote Computer Science. Retrieved from https://code.org/promote.