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“Technology is like a fish. The longer it stays on the shelf, the less desirable it becomes.”- Andrew Heller

 Technology will be a part of our lives whether we choose to embrace it or not. For many educators it is an untapped resource and therefore a lost possibility to become something powerful in the classroom. It offers to us a myriad of possibilities to explore and grow along with our students if we let it. I believe the formatting and idea of curriculum will change to collaborate with technology rather than compete with it. Thanks to technology we can be present in multiple places at once, collaborating with people from all over the world. Because we have the power to connect we can easily broaden our perspective through cutting edge innovation. I believe as years go by and technology continues to grow we will be given countless more opportunities to learn, adapt and share it with the future we help to create.

With all the wonder that technology brings us it does have a steep price. The abuse of technology has become as equally vast as the possibilities. As it has been said "With great power comes great responsibility." We cannot reap the good and turn a blind eye to the bad. Technology has opened up a new level in the form of cyber-bullying, plagiarism and laziness among students. While these problems have no simple solutions it does not make them somebody else's issue. The internet does not have a fool-proof way to police itself so it must be approached with morality. Teachers will never be able to reconcile all the misuses of the internet but we can help to make our students a generation who will learn the importance of digital citizenship and take technology in a positive direction for the future.