Respond to that idea. What do you think about it? Do you think that teachers could be more effective if they used technology tools (think podcasts, web videos, online discussion forums, electronic assignment submission, tech-related project assignments)? Are modern students technologically inclined? What about being a student in Utah? Do you think that being in Utah keeps you a little behind-the-times as far as technology learning is concerned? Would YOU do better if more multi-media was used in your classrooms to teach and present, and for you to demonstrate your learning and communicate?

I guess it would be okay, we do live in a technological world, and in a lot of jobs you have to know how to work with stuff like this, we have to learn all the new stuff that is coming out and how to use it properly. So in a way it would be good to use technology more in the classroom. Some of it I personally don't think I would like, like making movies and stuff, that just doesn't make sense to me, but if we were learning how to use it, then it wouldn't be so bad. I don't feel like I'm behind really, I mean I wish we could have laptop one on one and stuff like that, but I don't feel like I'm being held back from learning. I might be able to do a bit better if we used more technology, but I probably wouldn't like staring at a computer for 3-5 hours in a day.

Since we're reading Nothing But The Truth, which involves a boy who doesn't get along with a teacher, I want you to consider teacher-student relationships you've had in the past. Have you had teachers that you just got along with whether or not you did well in their class? Have you had teachers whose personality just didn't mesh with yours? Without naming names, expound upon these ideas and thoughtfully consider how personality differences or similarities have affected you in your classes.

I've had both types of teachers. There is always that one teacher who I can get along with even if I am being really ornery, and there is always that one teacher who I can not get along with, especially on bad days! I think that it is good to have a teacher you can talk with and tell things to them and trust them with things. i.e., Say you were being abused in some type of way, and you didn't know what to do, your scared to tell your parents, you definitely don't want to tell your friends, but you have that one really nice really truest worthy teacher who seems to know the answer to everything, and plus you have a good relationship with them, therefore making easier for you to tell them what the problem is without feeling bad.
I also think that having the one teacher you do not like no matter what, is still okay to have, it is good to have someone like that. Because when you start working there will most likely be a co worker who is like that, and you will most likely end up working with that person, so it helps to try to get along with them.