Technology fits into my teaching philosophy as a way to differentiate instruction to meet the individual needs of all students.  In addition, it offers ways to engage students and add rigor to the classroom activities.  Technology also allows student and teachers to collaborate to build on strengths and improve on weaknesses.  Finally, technology allows for informative data to be created, analyzed, and shared all in an effort to drive meaningful instruction. 

Purpose is the biggest point that is made in video.  If someone feels there is not a tangible purpose, then why do it.  This purpose could be a grade, make teacher happy, impress peers, keep parents off back.  My ultimate goal is for my students to recognize/generate their own purpose.  This is autonomy.  Self motivation to do a task and do it well, because you want to master something.  To me it is the biggest challenge we face.  Students cannot connect to purpose, therefore why do it.  If doing just for a grade, who really cares long term.  If doing it to internally know that you mastered a task simply for the purpose of building a foundation for mastering other tasks, then we are to something.  I am not sure how to connect this to my class, because I am consistently striving for this.  However, making sure I have "grades" sometimes defeats my purpose.  I often ask my students what does a grade mean to you.  I get various answers, but rarely do I hear to show mastery and autonomy.