Huggins Happenings

As I watched the Web 2.0 video, I was captivated.  When I was in college, one of my roommates had a word processor with one of those printers that printed papers with the strips of holes on the side that you had to tear off.  We thought we were so cool and so lucky that we didn’t have to go somewhere to type up our papers.  I have a hard time wrapping my head around how fast technology is changing now.  I’ve been out of college for 13 years and now I feel like I’m so “uncool”.  My kids can run circles around me.  My daughter taught herself how to use her ipod in about 5 minutes when she was only 7 year old.  Part of me is so excited about this new age of technology and all of the benefits is offers, but it’s scary as well.  As a mom, I want to protect my children from all of the strange people in this world, but when I see how much more my kids know about technology than me, it feels like a losing battle.  As a teacher, however, I’m thrilled to be able to take advantages of all of the tools at my fingertips and use them in my classroom.  This is my first year back to teaching since having children over 8 years ago and everything has changed.  My hope is to continue my pursuit as a lifelong learner of technology so that it can have a positive impact on my teaching and my family.