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In my public schools years from 4th to the 12th grade, I had some teachers who implemented the ARCS system well. Some, in their monotonous voices, would lecture for the whole day that way. I wish all my teachers tried to implement the ARCS model. When a love for learning, motivation, is instilled in a person, they seek to find out more about whatever they thirst for. So having teachers certified in the technological advances of society is very beneficial for the students. Another thing i found so interesting in the reading was the many types of technology that there actually are! Never once did I think about my brakes and gas pedal as being technological. I have always known computers to be powerful and it amazes me that this is just 2007. By 2050 the power of these machines will be too amazing.

I've learned much using the SAM program, however I wouldn't call them shortcuts. It was more like, alternatives to what I was accustomed to. If it's not broken, why fix it? That's my philosophy when learning alternatives to things I already know how to do. For example, I am very comfortable with copy and paste. Using other routes to get what I want will be a challenge for me but hopefully it will be helpful. I hope that, as we get deeper in the software, that I learn things that I never knew about. SAM doesn't know what level I am at in computer literacy, so it's only right that I begin at the beginning.

My future career will have much to do with technology. I am no stranger to it so I embrace my future as a high school guidance counselor. And later on in life, I want to be a Marriage and Family Therapist. I will use technology to stay posted with clients, perhaps get them involved with writing blogs, which, I have noticed, can be very therapeutic. I know my minor is Education because I want to learn how to gain control of a classroom. I think teachers are phenomenal people. I want their skills to educate people to flow into my everyday life.