Techie Homeschoolers

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I got so excited today when I saw the online interactive version of the Edutopia magazine. For those of you who don’t know, my field of study the last 2 years was in Interactive Technology and my interests lie in digital media and e-training.

Anyways, I thumbed through this magazine, almost literally. I mean, they have the page turn shuffle sounds and everything, plus areas where you can write and save notes. I thought that was pretty cool.

I love to see how our school systems are integrating technology into their curriculum. The few schools who are doing an awesome job are worthy of Edutopia’s feature stories…I just wish there were more schools in Alabama who got featured for tech integration…and maybe I just wish there were more schools in Alabama that integrated technology successfully — and by this I mean teacher training and less emphasis on standardized testing to make way for creativity in the classroom, which could lead to room for tech learning.

I could actually go on a soapbox about this…about how technology is paving our future and without the necessary knowledge, tools, and resources, our kids are leaving high school without so much as an inkling about how to successfully type a paper in Microsoft Word or create a presentation in Power Point.
Of course, this isn’t true in all cases, but for the most part it is. Some people would argue that our kids are bombarded with TOO much technology (video games, television, cell phones, the infamous Ipod)…but what I say is…why shouldn’t it be utilized within academia to actually REACH our kids with their own language?

Just maybe this is to be my project some time in the near future…hence the business loan (or maybe even a grant?) All I know is, technology should be happening in today’s classroom.