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The above video represents the major points of the Horizon Report very well and further demonstrates how technology can be utilized in learning through explaining the report. I used to think, "Why would I ever need a Kindle? I like the feel of a book in my hand." Then my husband, a technology obsessed man, gave me a Kindle for my birthday. One of the first purchases was a book for EDAP601. I am now a Kindle lover! I highlight and make notes of everything I want to reflect upon in my class projects and can see what excerpts others have highlighted often as well. I cannot begin to explain how helpful this was when completing work for class. I also have become very excited about making a textbook for students to use on an iPad. I currently take bits and pieces from various resources and am very bored with using the book Chapter 1-20 even though that's how I learned in my high school experience. My students do not accept boring work. They want to be challenged and engaged. This video also made me reflect upon the fact I don't have a digital camera, GPS, alarm clock, watch, etc. My phone is all these things! I have become less apt to take phones away in my classroom this year versus last year. (This statement would have shocked me a year ago.) I have realized how my students phones are their lifelines and sometimes as long as they have the respect to not play on their phone and do their work, I can't bring myself to take the phone away. It's made for a much healthier classroom environment and I even have them take pictures of the agenda with their phone to use in Evernote. I shock myself at the things I say...  I could honestly go on and on, but just watch the video for yourself with an open mind:)