Rethinking Chapter 10

Many times in this chapter, there was a tough time trying to distinguish if there was really any new learning or just recapping what the book covered.  The final chapter really decided to put the focus of the previous chapters into the thinking of teachers in today's society.  The chapter points out that by utilizing technology for students will allow them to broaden their perspective outside of school and not be in constricted in their learning in school.  They even stated that teachers were looking for games to help them teach their lesson, with technology they can research games much faster, and set them up just as quickly.  I remember playing the usual jeopardy games made out of construction paper, with technologies the teacher can just hook it up to their projector screen with a computer or interactive whiteboard.
From my learning as a coach is that motivation is a tough thing to accomplish with some older students.  One thing I also noticed with them is that they'll be on their cell phones or listening to their ipods when they're not in practice.  The book states that in a way to boost motivation one helpful thing would be not only put material in ways those technologies can access them, but also to have games that can be accessed on the technologies too.
Now that this book is done, I am glad I was able to get a peek at what technology means to education.  In high school, my parents thought I should go into a technological or computer field since I knew how to set up and troubleshoot various items like computers, gaming systems, sound systems, and was good working with my hands.  So when it came to using technology in education, I felt that I had a step up on everyone.  Little did I know that before taking this course and reading this book, I knew little compared to what I needed to know.  I am glad that I got the opportunity to have my eyes opened up to see the various uses of technology but to see both sides of the fence when it comes to technology uses.  There is more to life than just Powerpoint.
In my future teaching endeavors I plan on really keeping technology into my classroom to some aspect although I feel that it may be somewhat tough with middle school mathematics.  But as this book repeated several times, just be open to new technologies and keep yourself to finding new resources.  Through trial and error in this class, I really am looking forward to using technology to make my classes fun and interesting for students.