Cale Kindrachuk

I’ve got a secret to tell you, lean in, now listen closely….

Ah never mind you already know what I am about to say, technology plays a critical role in all areas of our lives. I have yet to meet a person who does not live life without using some sort of modern technology whether it be a cell phone, computer, laptop, iPad, Xbox, playstation. Technology has flooded all areas of our lives and sometimes it can be challenging to filter what is good technology and what is bad technology.

It blew my mind in the lecture last week that there is a Plug-In I can download for chrome to categorize all of my tabs that I have open, between my phone, iPad and computer I probabaly have close to 600 tabs open right now. Now that is definitely good tech! What are they? I couldn’t even tell you but I can tell you that I am going to use them again (I am definitely not going to use them again). It’s like the boxes we get when we buy a new phone or receive a package, you never know when you’re going to use them.

Technology that I definitely use everyday is TikTok, Instagram and Facebook which I would classify a lot of it as bad technology for me. It consumes me and I sometimes spend hours on it every single day. I find some good in TikTok because there is a lot of information is educational on my FYP but it is interesting how little of the information I retain. I think it is so much information all at once and it switches up so fast it’s hard for my little memory centre to keep up.

In my educational pursuits the technology I have found to be most useful is to have the whole Apple Ecosystem. It allows me to share everything across platforms so fluidly it is hard to imagine what I was using before — which was pen and paper. I prioritized getting this technology in the last five years and I am extremely thankful for it.

Here is link to Apple on the great Tech they have, students get a discount on everything! http://Apple.com

Here is a link to balancing technology usage: https://www.explorelearning.com/resources/insights/balancing-tech-use

This will be my first blog post ever and now certainly won’t be my last. I never thought I would be a blogger but I am embracing this opportunity and might even make it my new personality. Something about me you ask? I write blogs… that is me, that is who I am now a blogger as people would refer to me in the community. IYKYK. (don’t cringe please)

To answer the blog prompt question, my name is Cale Kindrachuk and I am new to educational technology therefore do not have a lot of knowledge on the topic. Except Kahoot, that is the best creation I can think of right now for educating people, I might be the teacher that has a Kahoot for every class. I am open to learning more about the educational technology there is today and how it can be used as a tool to enhance my learning environment when I step foot in the classroom.

Here is a link to the best blogs in the world https://detailed.com/50/

Here is a picture of me to put a face to the words Ill be saying over the next few months.

Cale Kindrachuk

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