I don’t know much about technology. I feel weak in almost every area. As a teacher I would hope to be able to incorporate technology into my classroom. I would like to teach younger children, kindergarten, and so I am not sure how much I would really use technology but I would like to stay up to date on what is happening in technology. As an educator it is important to attend semonars put on for teachers to help then learn new technology trends and how to best implement then into your classroom. Also there are multiple journals that serve teachers who whish to stay up to date with what is going on in technology. I would purchase one of these journals so I can stay up to date with what is happening. I really like the idea of taking tours online of historic places and museums along with interactive sites to help children learn. I would love to make those part of my classroom cirriculum.

The group that made this website is definantly biased against not only Martin Luther King Jr. but African Americans in gerneral. It sounds as if this is a white supremecy group. While it is important for students to learn that not all information on the internet is trustworthy this is not the correct site to show them. The violent and sensitive nature of this material along with the language makes this a very, very, very bad choice to show students that not all material online is trustworthy. This site is ranked as num. four when I looked it up on “google”. This website was ranked so high I believe because they have a .org in their URL which is supposed to make it more reliable imformation, obviously is not always the case. Kids can learn to be less trusting of the internet by looking at less harmful sites or creating their own, with the help of a teacher, that gives the wrong information.

I think that constructivism is controversial today because it focuses on students learning in a way on their own with the teacher not directing them as she used to but rather giving the studets a little more leniance to take the learning in their own direction. I think that it is important for teaching styles to be controversial in a sense because it forces people to disect what is being taught and how it is being taught. In a way it makes teachers more passionate and earger to perfect their teaching style. Now constructivism in itself I think is am important way to teach. While it may be difficult with young children, kindergarden or first grade because they do not have some of the necessary basic concepts with which to question and build from I do believe that come second grade and on it is an important teaching tool. Can it be used alone, no I think that there are some thinks that must simply be taught but for a majority of the information it is important to let the children work through the subject and material to formulate their own conclusions and then go from there. Technology and integrating it into your classroom may be important here because it is a way for the students to discover material and answers on their own. I believe that constructivism is and will remain a key componet in teaching.