Julie states Technology in the classroom On the teacher education we talk a lot about literacy. Literacy for me is all varieties of communication. It contains the ability to speak, listen, write and read. We live in a constantly changing and evolving world where we meet up online. Everybody is using web 2.0, whether it’s Facebook, Twitter, blogs, wikis. We make videos and share them on YouTube, post pictures on Flickr and everything is more or less available for everyone. Our kids need to know how to act on web 2.0. They need skills to participate in the world online. When they start in primary school most of them already know have to use a tablet or a phone. They play computer games, watch videos and sooner or later they’ll get even more knowledge about web 2.0 whether we want it or not. As a teacher I see a lot of possibilities in this increased use of technology. We have to open our eyes for this world online, this is the future and we can help the pupils by preparing them for it. I think the problem in not doing it is that pupils are so entertained by technology at home. It can be challenging to catch everyone’s attention without a smart board, where the internet is just a click away, or without having a tablet for those who struggle with spelling problems. Today at class when we talked about using the blog, a lot of students first remembered using it when they where put back to an activity outside the classroom, taking pictures and uploading them to their blog – it works on us to. When you want someone to learn something the best way is by doing activities and use technology, or else today’s kids will be bored. It’s not so much that we need to entertain them, but we need them to get in to action by waking their curiosity. My challenges for this course will be to find the red line in using all this new technology and find the best ways to include whit it.