Internal Screaming- Tech and Kids

Technology and kids. Technology in classrooms. 
Holy shit. Like actually what the hell?

I'm honestly struggling to wrap my mind around what technology is going to look like in my classroom. 

There's so much, there's just so much information to take in. I've had internet in my life before we came to the states. There is legitimately not a time in my life when I haven't used a computer, but my students will never have the experience I did. Why you ask? Because they will be the wireless generation. 

My students will not have experienced dial up, they are growing up in a time without house phones, and without Ethernet cords. They are wireless. This tiny little thing knows more about my phone than I do. She will be connected with her friends via a phone one day. 


My biggest take away is that kids today are connected to their friends through their technology. 

Lets say that again: KIDS TODAY ARE CONNECTED TO THEIR FRIENDS THROUGH THEIR TECHNOLOGY!!!!

They don't have the time to hang out, they are doing to much, they're too busy. So as a teacher if I remove the phone, I'm cutting of the friendships and I'm sending their minds into crisis mode and I've lost them.

So how do I incorporate technology into my classroom and allowing them to both have their phones, but also be on target? 

 These kids are public first and private second, meaning they don't know what it's like to have a solid sense of privacy. They are more inclined to share themselves online than to keep things to themselves.

So overall I think it's time to embrace technology more than I already have, so that I can safely and accurately teach my kids how to use the technology in their lives to learn.