PDP My Beliefs

I believe that technology is an asset to us as long as it is used correctly. The internet can provide instant and accurate access to information from all over the world and that is a wonderful thing! Students can communicate with others from the other side of the world and that is a great thing for out students.
I want to be a teacher who allows my students to use technology and to learn from my students. My students are more likely to be more tech savvy than myself. I, as a teacher, need to be comfortable enough with my self esteem that I can realize my students can teach me things and that I don't know everything about the world. I want to use technology as a tool to help my students become interested in what they are learning and to allow my students some flexibility in studying what they want to study.
The idea I had for using technology is allowing them to make a YouTube video about their favorite person in history or on a person or event we may be studying in the unit we are studying. I hope that I can keep up with the spirit of discovery and use that to guide my teaching and in making me the best kind of teacher that I can be.