Unit 3 Portfolio

Being surrounded by technology when my age group was growing up was not really a thing. Kids struggled in my school by not having the resources available in order to help them succeed. One of my latest classes in high school had integrated social media into its lesson plan where we, as students, had a forum to speak our minds and have input in the class. This is seen everywhere by people taking their personal experiences to social media, when big news conglomerates are not showing the people that are personally affected by certain policies, events, or tragedies that are happening in our country, and around the world. I feel that having an open mind and speaking up begins when you are young and in the education system. Technology should be implemented in our classrooms and lesson plans to not only help kids succeed, but to help them speak their mind.

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