Making a Contribution

Who are the teachers of our world? Education majors who go to school to become a teacher? Not in the world we live in today. Everyone can be a teacher. The internet has made it possible for anyone to post a video or blog about something they love or are passionate about. Not realizing they in fact can be teaching us something important. I love the story about Matt Harding. How he took something so simple as dancing in all those countries and turned it into a job is crazy. He did not do it to get a job but to find himself and in turn he found that using his skills to teach was what he really enjoyed. Now he is going to other countries to train teachers how to use the laptop in the classroom. All this was done via YouTube. The other story about the computer teacher in Colorado making the video for his teachers and how it become a world wide hit is awe inspiring. You Tube has become a great information tool. Another great tool is using video conferencing in the classroom. This gives access to teachers and classrooms all over the world. Children can see and learn first hand about different cultures and countries. Scribd is another great tool. It is something I have never heard and is fairly new. The idea that people can share documents, comment on them and be able to look them up years after they were posted is incredible. All this information is very overwhelming to me who does not use a computer on a daily basis. I am starting to realize that this is the future and I need to get on board. I my children to have to best education that is out there and the internet is a great tool to have in the classroom.