What is EdTech? EdTech refers to technological resources that can be utilized to facilitate learning and educational purposes. As future educator’s educational technology is highly important to each one of us. EdTech helps students and teachers learn and teach through modernized technology. I, Gagan Vaid attended Education 431- EdTech class and gained knowledge on how to utilize technology in my future classroom. In all honesty, I did not know much about educational technology and how I would incorporate it into my future classroom before I attended the class. One of the main things I learned is technology can be utilized in various creative methods to meet every student’s needs. For example, students can publish or just practice creating different types of books on the Book Creator app online. As well, technology has multiple open-ended apps online where teachers can choose from and adjust accordingly to their student’s level of learning, for example, the DDM reading app can be adjusted depending on the student’s level of academic skills by having students only go to level one and others go further to challenge themselves. The app is great for listening and enhancing English language arts skills.

How I would use EdTech in my classroom is having students experience through different types of technology. I would bring in iPads (if my school had them), computers, projectors, whiteboards, microphones, camcorder, and even mobile for learning purposes. As well, I would include digital field trips, let students create digital content, have an online classroom calendar, incorporate video and multimedia into my lessons, have students browse through different educational websites, have them try different social media apps like twitter, and give them a chance to use the electronic whiteboards. Altogether, I would choose from the wide-ranging technology resources to meet my student’s academic level. There will be many apps that may be too difficult or too easy so I need to find that common ground for my students and also try the app myself before I let them experience it.

EdTech was quite enjoyable as I got the chance to observe and learn from various presentations that helped me realize that EdTech is indeed important in the education system. I am glad I took the class because I think without the class, I would have had little knowledge of how to include technology in the classroom. The world is advancing more and more everyday and it is essential to keep up with modernized technology as it relates to our students and is a big part of everyday life. Maybe decades ago, technology would have not mattered as much but now it’s so advanced and so out there that you need to be keep updated on the different forms of tech and how to utilize them. Technology is taking over the world one step at a time!