Going From Novice to Expert With Technology

One of the biggest fears my students learning to be teachers worried about was implementing the use of technology into their classroom teaching practices.  There are still a lot of teachers who are well into their careers afraid of using technology. What I have tried to convey to both kinds of teachers is that no one expects you to be able to turn on a switch and be expert at technology and all of the kinds of technology from the beginning. Just like learning a sport or how to play an instrument, you always start small, in this case, one or two applications or tools and practice with them until you feel confident enough to expand your repertoire.  Becoming an expert means learning one skillset at a time and expanding from there.