Did+You+Know

=Did You Know?=

"We are living in Exponential Times." This is the statement from the video that really stuck with me. As a teacher in training, my first reaction to this is to feel overwhelmed. How am I supposed to keep up? How will I provide my students with the most up to date technology in the classroom? But then I think, maybe the more important question is how can I teach my students how to //use// technology? I don't mean how to master the software and the hardware, but rather, how to find creative ways to apply technology to serve a purpose or solve a problem. According to the video, "shift happens," and it is happening at an exponential rate. I imagine that in order to thrive in a world that is so rapidly evolving, one must attain character traits such as flexibility, creativity, and critical thinking. Maybe these skills need to be emphasized in the classroom just as much, if not more than, academic ability.

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