When I was teaching I tried to stay in touch with computer technology and eventually became the school's technology coordinator. I've worked my way into this area because I've always had a strong interest in technology. It has a place in education because our kids are surrounded by it even before they start school. Our kids are demanding it and they expect it. If we are going to prepare kids for life after education, we need to give them the tools they will be working with.
Technology needs to be part of everyday life.
I think as educators, we are still struggling with because we are not used to it being an everyday part of our life like the students we teach. We have a lot of things to accomplish with our kids in school and adding that extra technology tool we are not able to do it as quickly as we would like to. Hopefully we will learn how to use this new tool well and faster than we have in the past. Teachers will not be replaces by computers or software. Students prefer to face to face.