5 Years...
Last month, my oldest son turned five, which just doesn't seem possible. Over the past couple of days, I have reflected about the changes that have occurred within education, the world, and my life during this time. In 2009, I was teaching fifth grade at Peosta Elementary School questioning two technology tools that I saw as utterly useless. These tools were none other than the iPad and Twitter. Why in the world would someone want a touchscreen tablet when you could get everything on a laptop/desktop computer? Who really cares about what Ashton Kutcher ate for breakfast or who the first person was to gain 1,000,000 followers? Five years later, I could not function nearly as effectively without a tablet, as it has increased my mobility and dramatically improved my productivity. Twitter is so much more than a silly social media application, as it has allowed me to connect with a global network of professional learners who continue to push my thinking. ...