Technology+Integration

1.DIGITAL MEDIA EMPOWER YOUTH
 * __Technology Integration__**

2.The video under discussion is "Digital Media Empower Youth," which was a detailed video about how technology in the classroom, especially in a classroom that gives an outstanding opportunity to youth who reside in a low income area, can inspire the students to not feel inferior in this new technological society. I liked the video because it shows the classroom settings, the technology use in action amoung the students and the teachers. Both the students and the teachers provide feedback for the viewer about how important information and lessons can be incorporated into the classroom technology assignments. Technology Integration can be an important tool for making the students feel important in their educational process. I was able to learn just how much the youth becomes excited about what they're learning when the techology is at their finger tips, rather than just the teacher's.

3. Technology Integration is a very important tool that supports the visual learning aspect of teaching. It presents the students with many resources through one source, like using a computer for some visual example, the teacher can show many different examples through the web or even different programs that are on their computer. This all can make the classroom setting all the more exciting for the students, and the learning experience can thrive, especially when the students have the accesibility to the technology that they grew up with. In my future classroom setting, I plan on using technology as a visual support plan when I am not able to provide all the visual aspects that are important for teaching Spanish. One major area I plan to use technology in my teaching is through music, watching a music video with lyrics so as I dont have to use an excessive amount of paper. I dont want the technology to over power me because there is still that human element that is extremely important when teaching a language, and so I will use it as a support plan, and also to help make the learning experience exciting by providing a digital means of transportation into Spanish speaking countries, so the students can have an introduction to a global understanding.