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W8.A2 - Blog #3 - Reflection, Synthesis, and Professional Growth Inventory

As a cautious and sometimes skeptical person, I entered this class with a critical eye when it comes to changing my current educational teaching practices and view of the US education system as a whole. However, through the readings, projects, and reflections I have come to see learning and teaching from a different perspective. One of the overarching conclusions I have come to is that as James Gee said “humans + tools are a winning combination” (pg. 83) Human capacity to think deeply and learn new things is not its best natural function. However, tools, like computers and the internet, can make that process more efficient and effective. If we separate the two, particularly in education, we are not allowing all the potential learning and creation to come about.  So what does that mean as a teacher? Well, our education system currently does not do a very good job of training our students to use the tools nationwide. There are many inequalities when it comes to access to tools, classes o