What role should technology play for you and your students in a college classroom?

In my classroom, technology will be used as a tool to improve student learning. This is an incredibly broad goal and can take form in a variety of different ways. I will use technology to increase and improve student interaction with material covered in my course. This might mean making the material more accessible (ebooks, mobile compatibility, apps), more interesting and relevant (podcasts, social media) and more exciting (animations, interactive games).

It will also be an important part of assessing students understanding of course material. I imagine I will often be teaching large lecture courses and an efficient and quality assessment of a large student body will involve technology. For example, group work will rely heavily on students communicating and collaborating outside of class and technology will play a large role in that. Technology will provide me with usable data (clickers, personal response items) that will inform my curriculum decisions.