21st Century Students

I think it is amazing how far technology has come, just in the time since I have been in grade school.  At my elementary school, we had a computer lab, and that was about as far as technology went.  Now, schools have iPads, laptops, tablets, and other learning tools to help students in the classroom.  In order to make my students prepared to live in the 21st century, I must incorporate the use of technology in my classroom as often as possible.  For me, making PowerPoints and Prezis is a way to use technology in the classroom, while helping students learn at the same time.  On both of these presentation tools, you can add videos, links, and basically whatever you want to make them fit your lesson plan.  When I am a French teacher, it'll be really helpful to use these tools to teach students about the language and the culture in a way that they will find interesting and engaging within the classroom. Also, to prepare them, it is important to let them use technology themselves, instead of just watching me use it.  Hopefully the school I end up teaching in will have some sort of technology that will allow me to let the students do activities in class using laptops or iPads, or any other tool that will be helpful to them and their learning experience.