Teens and Technology

Even though I consider myself somewhat of a "young person," I find myself often out-teched by those slightly younger than me. When I was in high school, NO ONE had a cell phone or even a mac computer. Now, it's a necessity in life! As I created my podcasts (something I had never attempted before) I found myself browsing and looking at other podcasts on the internet. I was taken aback at the amount of teens that had created TONS of podcasts of their own music and realized that some day soon, I will be expected to teach kids like these, new aspects of music technology. I now know that I have a lot to learn but honestly, things like PodBean.com and iTunes are making technological processes such as podcasting VERY easy for even people like me to learn! I'm realizing how user-friendly online technology is becoming and how useful it can be in the classroom!