I wasn't aware but I am impressed...

It was the first thought that came to my mind after watching Did You Know? (http://youtu.be/FjrWRLWnZaI)   on youtube.com. I have this overwhelming feeling, because even though I am drenched in technology, I am surrounded by it every single day I was not aware of things such as it took the ipod 3 years to reach 50 million people when it took radio 38 years! As a kindergarten teacher and being 29 years old I can say I am "in" with technology, I do own an ipad and a Mac and I was born in the digital era but I feel a complete digital immigrant. Every day something changes, something is new and something is old and out. I sometimes feel that I can not keep up with the rapid change in technology and sometimes I feel I can conquer the world with my ipad. Working with small children in an international school I see how mobile learning is just one of the best things that is happening in the classrooms. Teachers will have to keep up with the rapid changes, we will have to sit down and learn and learn and then learn some more. It is not about how much you know of this changes but as how to apply them in an every day lesson plan. Teachers have to be committed yet willing to open their eyes and make changes inside their classrooms. Children will soon know much more than we can think of  (the are A.G=after google) and we still need to direct that learning into positive ways. I also think that even though we are surrounded by ultimate wonderful devices and apps and mobile learning ways we have to stop and make sure, every single day in class, at home, in the world, to teach children to think and to be creative. They will have so much more tools than we did years ago and so many more possibilities than we did but also they have the power to become complete idiots if we don't teach them how to explore, investigate and read! I think that the video Above and Beyond (http://youtu.be/7KMM387HNQk) makes it clear that we want children to go out of their way to be creative and to go old school and have fun investigating and making mistakes and putting things together. I promise to always have this in mind, and as important it is to teach my young kids in class the wonderful things we can do with and ipad I will also make sure they always find themselves putting together puzzles and experiencing boardgames!