We always see and hear about how technology is the future, and in response teachers and educators alike feel a sense of anxiety when confronted with technology becoming the future of education. Thoughts of students staring at a computer as opposed to engaging in classroom activity pervade our imagination. There is a fear that a computer will ultimately transform into being the new teacher, but I don’t think that this alternate reality of a computer-taught generation will ever come to fruition. I think that teachers are the future and technology will become a mode of hyper connection, allowing students, teachers, and other educators to connect globally. As a result, a quality education will become accessible to those who have a connection to the internet. My perception of social web platforms when they first emerged, was that it would decrease social connectivity, but my perspective has changed. Facebook has allowed me to keep friends, in...
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