1. Scott prefers to use just the blackboard in class to lecture but he uses the internet to email students and update his blackboard website.
2. He feels that technology can take away from the lesson because he isn't very tech savvy so he becomes frustrated and disorganized.
3. The biggest misconception he feels about technology is that people think you need technology to learn. Scott feels that although calculators are a useful tool students should learn to do math without them.
4. He feels that a big hurdle is how expensive new technology is.
5. It's a great way to keep in touch with students and get announcements out to the class.
6. His biggest inspiration for using technology in the classroom is the students. They have grown up using a computer and prefer to communicate with over email.
7. Scott sees technology being much more prominent in the classroom in the future. He doesn't know if he himself will use more technology but other teachers and younger generations will.
You never know, he may use technology if he has the time to learn how and someone to teach him. Maybe you will be the one to inspire him. Frankly if you are unwilling to use technology as a new teacher you may not be able to get a job.
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