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i recommend watching this video to get a feel for how easy it is to integrate technology into the classroom. this video from youtube is one that also helps us understand exactly how technology has changed oner time. it outlines how 20 years ago we only had pens and paper and the rest of society was comfortable with that. what about if we fast forward our lives to 20 years in the future, what technologies would have evolved then. will our societythen besaying well we were comfortable with only computers. no matter if we move with the times or try and ignore new technological advances, changes are still going to occur whether we like it or not. if we are going to be educators then we must prepare our students for life outside school. if start school this year then they will be graduating in the year 2021, which is a very very long time where so much can happen. so if teachers are still not bringing children up to speed with new technology from the last 20 years then just how lost are they going to be when they graduate? It would be incorrect of us to say that we are trying our best. the video simply urges us to aim to integrate technology into primary school, not to let it take over the traditional literracy methods but rather allow it to be a part of it. for example to improve students creative writing structure or essay format, students could write it on the computer and publish it on edublogs for other teachers and students to critique it. of course children need the knowledge of all the KlAs but its a matter of incorporating new teaching methods that can prepare students for this moving technological age. the children within the video do a spider project using movie maker, this is an excellent example of how to engage children using technology but also learning at the same time.