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The ARCS motivational model was developed to show the differences that could account for the amount of effort a student puts forth in his or her work. A stands for attention, R for relevance, C for challenge and confidence and S for satisfaction and success. The idea behind this is that if the child is engaged and feel that they could use this later on in there life, they will be more willing to pay attention. Also if they feel that they have a challenge, when they succeed they will feel proud and if you feel that way you will stay motivated. Technology is important in the education setting because it can be used in all areas of the field. It is just as important to the teacher as it is to the principal and his secretary.

Some skills that I have acquired since my last post would be that I am more familiar with the inter workings of the computer. I think that this would be beneficial in my career because if you know how to work something, it allows you to be able to teach the students even better. I also learned all the different areas that technology is important in. These are things that I wasn't even aware of. It can be used in grading, communication and teaching. Even though these things seem obvious I was made even more aware of it by reading it.

Doing these readings has showed me how much technology is important in the education field. However i feel that since i plan on teaching Kindergarten or First grade it will not be as big of a part of my job as it would be a high school. None the less I think that it is important to acquire these skills no matter what. Like the book said, our generation and the kids behind us are a technology generation and times are changing. It is a good thing to keep up with the times!