Music Tech Blog Reflections

This week's module focused on an introduction to using technology in the classroom.  I hold the belief that it is imperative to use technology in today's classroom because students are immersed in technology outside the classroom.  As a teacher, it is my job to teach students how to use technology in a responsible way that enables and enhances independent learning in and out of the classroom.  This proves to be a difficult task at times, though, because the students in our classrooms always seem to be a step ahead of adults when it comes to the most current technologies in use.  This is evident in the video by FBE of kids reacting to the very first iPod (Fine & Fine, 2015).  The kids in the video are blown away by the fact that the iPod isn’t touchscreen and that it isn't possible to make a phone call through the device.  I happen to have had one of the original iPods and remember that it was considered to be extremely high-tech at the time.  I st...