Introduction

Hello! My name is Sara Jones and I am from a small town in Preston County. I would like to teach first to third graders. Coming from a poor county with not much technology I have seen what a major disadvantage it gives you when you enter the "real world". 

"According to Cathy N. Davidson, co-director of the annual MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competitions, fully 65 percent of today's grade school kids may end up doing work that hasn't been invented yet" (Education Needs a Digital-Age Upgrade). 

If schools do not keep up with technology how can they prepare these children for future jobs? Technology is not just Facebook and texting. In the classroom teachers could use digital movies to study history or use Google Earth when teaching geography. Also when teachers use technology they have a better chance of reaching students of all learning styles.

Here is an awesome blog about if teachers should be demoted just because they don't use technology in the classroom.