After reading through Stages of Technology Integration, I feel I am a mixture of a couple of these stages. I can only compare my experiences on a personal level since I have not started my professional career. I think I am between Stage 2: Adoption and Stage 3: Adaptation. I identify with these two the most because in Stage 2 Adoption I do tend to use websites that make sense to me and then ill just hold on to them, I don't really like using new technology because it scares me :/ lol so I stick to what I know, even with that being said, there are points to this stage that I don't agree with. I don't feel that technology should be left up to another teacher to be taught to student, I mean if I had a classroom, I would definitely want to integrate technology into my everyday teaching, especially because the direction technology and education are heading in. And I feel I Identify with Stage 3 because if I was a teacher I would probably be adding technology to existing lessons. I would love to see myself at stage 4 when I begging teaching, that would be a great asset to have as a new teacher. I also think it would be refreshing to students to have a teacher that uses cool technology in the classroom, and of course it goes back to the whole, it will make learning so much more fun for them.
Students will definitely enjoy having a teacher that uses technology consistently and productively. The key is to keep growing and be open to new ideas.
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