This class and more classes that I have to take will help relieve fears and give hope. I know that the skills we are learning will be useful to implement in class. This also helps the ideas start to flow as to what lessons can be changed to include technology. I do not feel that technology threatens job security but would help secure it. I do feel that the leaders in education stress the importance of technology but do not fully equip teachers with the means to implement it or follow up with teachers. The off-the-shelf software may help in practice or review but it is not truly integrating technology. These are readily available but not a solution. These also do not relate fully to the TEKS that we are covering.
My school is in a rural area and I have found that most do not have computers at home. I do not think that they would be as advanced as the students mentioned in the text. I can see letting the student come up with ideas to use technology that would relate to math. This would give them more ownership in what they were learning. I like the idea of collaborating with other teachers as to their experiences. This is usually a very good learning tool.