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Nate Ellens September 22 2009 Reference: Johnson, D. (2009, January 09). Doug Johnson. Retrieved September 21, 2009, from Education World: [] The article I read talked about common mistakes made by teachers in the area of education. It went through some common stupid mistakes made by teachers and why these mistakes hurt both the teacher and the learning environment. It talked about how involving technology should not be something that happens once in a while, but something that is fully integrated into all aspects of the classroom. While technology is important the article also mentioned backing up technology when using it in the classroom. Another major point the article hit on was that the school computer is not your home computer. Teachers get in trouble and they rightfully should when use school computers for their personal interests and personal gains. The things a teacher does on a school computer never really go away so it is important to exercise caution when using a school computer. A common mistake mentioned in the article was allowing students to spend unsupervised time on the computer thinking the filters will keep the kids out of trouble. The article also drove home the point technology is not going away its important now and will continue to be in the future. Teachers need to use technology to draw kids into education. Teachers will need technology skills for helping students succeed in life. There were many useful things to gather from this article. It was well written and it short making it easy to draw applicable points from it. The point that seemed obvious to me, but is clearly important is backing up files. I have never been very good at backing up my work. This has not caused me too many problems so far. I also found the part of the article about talking watching what messages you send on helpful and interesting. I would have had no idea that what you send on the computer sticks around so long. It really shows the importance of being responsible on the computer. I also saw the gathered the importance of technology in education from this article. Kids are familiar with technology and it interests them and it can be a valuable tool to motivate students. The article also talked about how technology is not going away in education. Technology is not a strong suit for me so this article showed me that it is something that I will need to get used. It will be worth my time to improve in the area of technology. 